Definition of "italic" []

• Designed to resemble a handwriting style developed in Italy in the 16th century. (adjective)
• Having letters that slant or lean to the right; oblique. (adjective)
• A typeface in which the letters slant to the right. (noun)
• An oblique handwriting style, such as used by Italian calligraphers of the Renaissance. (noun)

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• "Text that is printed in italic style in the original is enclosed between underscores (_italic text_)"
• "Just post in italic, and italicized italic becomes – magically – roman, i.e. nonitalic."
• "This new menu, marked on the back with a piece of bedraggled masking tape with the words "color-blind menu" penciled upon it, looked very similar to the regular menu, save for the fact that some of the items were printed in italic, a distinction that had been made clear to my dining companions by the strategic use of black and red type on the normal-people menu."