1. (

• italic ,

) a style of handwriting with the letters slanting to the right ;

2. (

• Italic ,
• Italic_language

) a branch of the Indo-European languages of which Latin is the chief representative ;

3. (

• italic ,

) a typeface with letters slanting upward to the right ;

1. (

• italic ,

) characterized by slanting characters; "italic characters" ;

2. (

• Italic

) of or relating to the Italic languages; "ancient Italic dialects" ;