Cursive vs. Italic

Cursiveadjective

Running; flowing.

Cursiveadjective

(of writing) Having successive letters joined together.

Cursiveadjective

(grammar) Of or relating to a grammatical aspect relating to an action that occurs in a straight line (in space or time).

Cursivenoun

A cursive character, letter or font.

Cursivenoun

A manuscript written in cursive characters.

Cursivenoun

Writing style.

Cursiveadjective

Running; flowing.

Cursivenoun

A character used in cursive writing.

Cursivenoun

A manuscript, especially of the New Testament, written in small, connected characters or in a running hand; - opposed to uncial.

Cursivenoun

rapid handwriting in which letters are set down in full and cursively connected within words without lifting the writing implement from the paper

Cursiveadjective

having successive letter joined together;

Cursive

Cursive (also known as script, among other names) is any style of penmanship in which some characters are written joined together in a flowing manner, generally for the purpose of making writing faster, in contrast to block letters. Cursive handwriting is very functional, and is intended to be used in everyday writing.

Italicadjective

Designed to resemble a handwriting style developed in Italy in the 16th century.

Italicadjective

Having letters that slant or lean to the right; oblique.

Italicnoun

(typography) A typeface in which the letters slant to the right.

Italicnoun

An oblique handwriting style, such as used by Italian calligraphers of the Renaissance.

Italicadjective

Relating to Italy or to its people.

Italicadjective

Applied especially to a kind of type in which the letters do not stand upright, but slope toward the right; - so called because dedicated to the States of Italy by the inventor, Aldus Manutius, about the year 1500.

Italicnoun

An Italic letter, character, or type (see Italic, a., 2.); - often in the plural; as, the Italics are the author's. Italic letters are used to distinguish words for emphasis, importance, antithesis, etc. Also, collectively, Italic letters.

Italicnoun

a style of handwriting with the letters slanting to the right

Italicnoun

a branch of the Indo-European languages of which Latin is the chief representative

Italicnoun

a typeface with letters slanting upward to the right

Italicadjective

characterized by slanting characters;

Italicadjective

of or relating to the Italic languages;

Italicadjective

relating to or denoting the branch of Indo-European languages that includes Latin, Oscan, Umbrian, and the Romance languages.

Italicnoun

the Italic group of languages.