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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

She goes against his precepts and disobeys his orders — they appear as onscreen italic titles — and he gets stroppy, as a father would.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 16, 2025

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

From Science Daily ● May 15, 2024

“Starting today, Twitter now supports Tweets up to 10,000 characters in length, with bold and italic text formatting,” Twitter announced Thursday night on its platform via its @TwitterWrite account.

From Washington Times ● Apr. 14, 2023

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

From "The Princess Bride" by William Goldman

“It’s not what’s working that gives us concern, it’s what’s not working,” he wrote, and the italics were his.

From MarketWatch ● May 20, 2026

His midround chats with Jennings have revealed a self-deprecating wit and interests so quirky they’re cool—chasing eclipses, writing in italics, driving around with his trivia friends looking for a rare goose.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 21, 2026

In italics, we are made privy to what Harris is thinking during their brief phone call: “Really?”

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 20, 2025

The whole text, with the relevant portion in italics, provides as follows:

From Slate ● Nov. 26, 2024

Surely the only woman in the world who can write a letter in invisible italics.

From "Franny and Zooey" by J. D. Salinger


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