Italic characters were born in the printing workshop of aldous Manutius in Venice, Italy in 150 1. The original purpose was to arrange more characters on the page and reduce space. They were called "Italian style of Aldus" by later generations, which were very popular at that time and were often wrongly reprinted. Then the font spread to France and began to be called "Italian style". Italic English is italic. In font editing software, the English initials I are often used as the icon of italic function.
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