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• n  a style of handwriting with the letters slanting to the right
• n  a branch of the Indo-European languages of which Latin is the chief representative
• n  a typeface with letters slanting upward to the right
• a  characterized by slanting characters
  italic characters
• a  of or relating to the Italic languages

• Many italic handwriting manuals are now available.

• Italic
• Italic language

News & Articles

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• Here’s an Adorable 4-Year-Old’s Take on State Bird Provisions
  Awwwww. Following another pre-K kid's very thorough, facial-expression-based review of Mission Chinese Food, the Bold Italic takes another guest to State Bird Provisions in San Francisco. The good: Della's favorite food may be "candy," but she enjoyed the garlic bread and the fried asparagus, which she pinky-swears is delicious. Bad: The kid critic didn't seem to enjoy the charred octopus with ...
  June 12, 2013 - New York Magazine
• Gitmo Diary: Visiting the U.S.’s Most Infamous Courtroom
  by Cora Currier .article-full .article p.gitmo_caption { font-size:13px; font-style:italic; color:#999; padding-top:5px } June 13: This story has been corrected . I’m down at the U.S. base at Guantanamo Bay, where Abd al Rahim al Nashiri is facing capital charges for the 2000 bombing of the U.S.S. Cole . Nearly 13 years later, we’re here  for what are still pre-trial motions. The Gitmo trials ...
  June 12, 2013 - ProPublica

Quotes

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• Mel Brooks in AZ Central.com
  If they think Ovaltine' is coming, great, but they also don't know where I've done switches on italic' lines,Brooks says.
• Michael Bierut in New York Times
  Or, as Mr. Bierut wrote, "Does Barbara Kruger own Futura Bold Italic in white and red?"
• Giovanni Trapattoni in San Diego Union Tribune
  For a month, I've been watching tapes and I can assure you they are tough,Trapattoni said of the first-round opponents, dismissing claims that it is an easy group as "the usual Italic presumption."