Slanted letters that look like this: We the people. Italics are most often used to emphasize certain words, to indicate that they are in a foreign language, or to set off the title of a literary or artistic work.
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IN BRIEF: n. - A style of font that slants to the right.
The name of the book was written in italics so that it was easily noticed.
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- roman type (technology)
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- formatted text (technology)
- Type 1 font (technology)
- italic (in marketing)
- TTF file (technology)
- italicize
- body type (in marketing)
- styled text (technology)
- Markup (business term)
- Toggle (business term)
- set off (Idiom)
