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Meanings of Italic in English

Russian
курсив
Portuguese
letra itálica
Spanish
itálica
Catalan
lletra itàlica

Font style characterised by cursive typeface and slanted design.

курсив
Portuguese
línguas itálicas
Catalan
llengua itàlica

A branch of the Indo-European languages of which Latin is the chief representative.

línguas itálicas
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Examples for "italics"
Examples for "italics"
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In this Etext, text in italics has been written in capital letters.
Under the Red Robe
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The italics in these extracts, as in the foregoing, are my own.
American Notes
3
Contains the following families, those that are not Indian being in italics;-
Natural History of the Mammalia of India and Ceylon
4
The same quotation is given here with an additional sentence in italics:
Community Civics and Rural Life
5
In printed sermons, for example, the text is often set in italics.
The Uses of Italic / A Primer of Information Regarding the Origi...
1
You cannot give permanence to a book by printing it in italic type.
The Advance of English Poetry in the Twentieth Century
2
Thus edition (August 2004) corrects a few errors in the convention for italic type.
The Faerie Queene — Volume 01
3
Imagine it in a soft italic type.
The Bazaar of Bad Dreams
4
In the Textual Appendix, all original text is shown in "roman" type, except where it occurs in italic type in the sources.
The Faerie Queene — Volume 01
5
Aldus, the famous Venetian printer (1447-1515), who issued the Aldine editions of the classics and invented italic type
Critical and Historical Essays — Volume 2

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Usage of Italic in English
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The Italic became the parent of the modern alphabets of Western Europe.
Handbook of Universal Literature, From the Best and Latest Autho...
2
You may form your letters upon the Roman or the Italic model.
Four Early Pamphlets
3
Republicans are given in Roman, Democrats in Italic, Administration Republicans in small capitals.
Twenty Years of Congress, Volume 2 / From Lincoln to Garfield, w...
4
Republicans in Roman, Democrats in Italic, American or Old-Line Whigs in small capitals.
Twenty Years of Congress, Vol. 1 / From Lincoln to Garfield, wit...
5
Give the main characteristics of the Italic family of languages.
The History of Roman Literature / From the Earliest Period to th...
6
Republicans are given in Roman, Democrats in Italic, American or Old-Line Whigs in small capitals.
Twenty Years of Congress, Vol. 1 / From Lincoln to Garfield, wit...
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Republicans are given in Roman; Democrats in Italic:-
Twenty Years of Congress, Volume 2 / From Lincoln to Garfield, w...
8
The first Emphatic Italic can be found near 48th St. advertising a long defunct restaurant: LONGCHAMPS.
The new yorker
9
My eyes filled with tears as I read upon the clasp, in sharp-cut Italic letters, E. Y.
Complete Project Gutenberg Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. Works
10
The Beginning of the Helleno-Italic State
The History of Rome, Book V / The Establishment of the Military ...
11
In addition there are several millions of Roumanian and Italic stock, and a considerable number of Jews and Gypsies.
A History of the Nations and Empires Involved and a Study of the...
12
The latest of the important pre-Socratic philosophers of the Italic school was Empedocles, who was born about 494 B.C.
A History of Science — Volume 1
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Compare or contrast the Italic, the Etruscan, the Greek, and the Vedic religions, as bearing on thought and literature.
The History of Roman Literature / From the Earliest Period to th...
14
The Italic I do not look upon to be unhandsome, though the Dutch are never very extraordinary in them.'
A Short History of English Printing, 1476-1898
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Writer tells about the Emphatic Italic typography used by the restaurant The Casual Quilted Giraffe located near the I.B.M.
The new yorker
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The Italic Dialects, pp.
The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia, Volume 1 of 28
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Italic through the time