Posted by Chris Ridd on 11/16/33 11:36

On 4/1/06 1:42, in article ghQuf.94981$J11.2074264@wagner.videotron.net,
"NRen2k5" <napsterneorenegade@hotmail.com> wrote:

> *I·tal·ic
> */adj./
>
> 1. Of or relating to ancient Italy or its peoples or cultures.
> 2. Of or relating to the branch of the Indo-European language family
> that includes Latin, Faliscan, Oscan, Umbrian, and the Romance
> languages.
> 3. *italic* Of or being a style of printing type patterned on a
> Renaissance script with the letters slanting to the right: This
> sentence is printed in italic type.
>
> /n./
>
> 1. The Italic branch of Indo-European.
> 2. Italic print or typeface. Often used in the plural.
>
> (Source: The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language,
> Fourth Edition)

I was wondering if Michelle was referring to an old typewriter practice of
using underlines because italic characters weren't available.

Cheers,

Chris

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