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<p><b>Italic script</b>, also known as <b>chancery cursive</b> and <b>Italic hand</b>, is a semi-<a href="page.php?w=cursive">cursive</a>, slightly sloped style of <a href="page.php?w=handwriting">handwriting</a> and <a href="page.php?w=calligraphy">calligraphy</a> that was developed during the <a href="page.php?w=Renaissance">Renaissance</a> in <a href="page.php?w=Italy">Italy</a>. It is one of the most popular styles used in contemporary Western calligraphy.</p>

<p><big>History</big></p>
<p>Italic script is based largely on <a href="page.php?w=Humanist_minuscule">Humanist minuscule</a>,</p><p>
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