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italic Definition

ital·ic (i tal′ik, ī-)

adjective

designating or of a type in which the characters slant upward to the right, used variously, as to emphasize words, indicate foreign words, set off book titles, etc. (Ex.: this is italic type)

Etymology: see Italic: so called because first used in an Italian edition of Virgil (1501)

noun

  1. an italic letter or other character
  2. italic type or print

Italic Definition

Ital·ic (i tal′ik, ī-)

noun

a branch of the Indo-European language family, including Latin, Oscan, Umbrian, and other languages of ancient Italy, as well as Latin's descendants, the Romance languages

Etymology: L Italicus

adjective

  1. of these languages
  2. of ancient Italy or its peoples or cultures

italic Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • underline: Please enclose a stamped sae for response & returns * to avoid loss of format in e-mail subs please underline italics.
  • add: You can align text left, right or center, change the color of words and add italics, bold and underlining.
  • turn: The next step might be to turn the italic attribute off.
  • use: You could use italics to make proper names stand out.
  • get: It looks ( and reads ) better in Microsoft Word, unfortunately i cant seem to get italics to work on the interweb.
  • include: This removes all formatting ( including bold, italic, etc. ) from the current selection.

Adjective modifier

  • bold: Is the text consistent in its use of bold, italics, font face, font size, etc.
  • red: Parts in red italics need to be changed to suit your needs.
  • blue: For ease of reading, all extensive quotation of Monbiot is displayed here in blue italics.

Modifies a noun

  • /i: For instance, a text in italic will be marked up as follows: i italic /i.
  • font: For italic fonts, CWI is used instead of CW.
  • mine: To which He adds, " No-one comes to the Father except through me " ( 14:6 ), ( italics mine ).
  • emphasis: Bold or italic emphasis are not used as neither appear in the original.
  • eg: PROCEDURE LOIS screen references are given in italics eg ( DO73 ).
  • script: Scientific names of species should be in italic script or underlined.

Noun used with modifier

  • maths: The three maths fonts contain only the glyphs in the CM maths italic, symbol, and extension fonts.
  • text: Italic Tick this check box to make the text italic.

Preposition: in

  • text: These are recorded in italics in the text of annex A to these minutes.

Preposition: for

  • emphasis: Use italics for emphasis, not bold or underlining.
  • title: Brown type is used in place of italic for titles of works.