Definitions of italic:

• noun:   a style of handwriting with the letters slanting to the right
• noun:   a typeface with letters slanting upward to the right
• noun:   a branch of the Indo-European languages of which Latin is the chief representative
• adjective:   of or relating to the Italic languages

  Example: "Ancient Italic dialects"

• adjective:   characterized by slanting characters

  Example: "Italic characters"