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italic

[ih-tal-ik, ahy-tal-] / ɪˈtæl ɪk, aɪˈtæl- /
NOUN
typeface
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He compared autonomy to the development of Microsoft Word -- concentrating on swarms was like obsessing over the button that makes text italic, instead of the whole programme.

From Barron's • May 15, 2026

Other features fit with what we know of Milton's neat italic hand, which rarely featured joined letters.

From Science Daily • May 15, 2024

He was the first to print editions of Aristotle, Thucydides, Herodotus and Sophocles; the first to use italic type; and the first to use the semicolon in its modern sense.

From New York Times • Jan. 17, 2024

This transcript is lightly edited, with Times clarifications in italic.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 4, 2018

All abridging remarks and other comments will be in this fancy italic type so you’ll know.

From "The Princess Bride" by William Goldman




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