Italic means "Of or from Italy"; the usage is most commonly restricted to talking about the people and languages of what is now Italy from the historic period before the Roman Empire.
In typography, italic also refers to a means of emphasis; see Emphasis (typography) for details. Italic printing and italic handwriting are sometimes taught as more natural or easier forms of writing.
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Example Usage of Italics
riisu: When are we going to be able to do Italics, bold and underlined text on the iPhone? Can't be that hard to implement, surely?
cloudannette: @ebethmoreau If I can't use Italics, I emphasize words by putting them between hyphens, - like so -.
FxNewz: Shenandoah ยป The Day the Dollar Died: The following story in Italics is a potential fictional time line for the.. http://bit.ly/07WFjE4
