italic script
Rightward-leaning handwriting style
Italic script is a style of handwriting that slants to the right and features fluid, connected letterforms.
Developed during the Italian Renaissance, it became the basis for modern cursive writing and the typographic style we call italics.
Calligraphers distinguish italic script from other hands by its characteristic elliptical letter shapes and consistent slant angle.
She practiced italic script to improve her penmanship.
- Aldus ManutiusRenaissance Venetian master printer
- cursiveJoined handwriting style
- typefaceLettering style design
- cursive writingJoined-letter handwriting style
- ligatureCord for binding
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