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italic

font style characterised by cursive typeface and slanted design
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Summary

italic ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,997 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • Subclass of: typeface[2]
  • Commons category: Italics[3]
  • Said to be the same as: Italic script[4]
  • Opposite of: Roman type[5]
  • Inspired by: cursive[6]
  • Described by source: Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[7]
  • Different from: cursive[8]
  • Uses: type slant[9]
  • CSS property: font-style: italic[10]

Why It Matters

italic has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[11] italic is known by 57 alternative names across languages and contexts.[12]

Related Entities

Ariza

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [11] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [12] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 4d ago · عُثمان · 2026-10-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Isocat id → 2911
    Wikipedia languages → ['af', 'ar', 'az', 'bg', 'ca', 'commons', 'cs', 'da', 'de', 'el', 'en', 'eo', 'e
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    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Isocat id: 2911, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/7328181|italics (#7328181)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/125|ISOCAT]] #mix'n'match"
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