Editing Italic script (section)

{{Short description|Style of handwriting and calligraphy developed in Italy}}
{{About|the calligraphic and handwriting style||Old Italic scripts|and|Italic type}}

[[File:Beauchesne Italique Hande.jpg|right|thumb|Example page of the "Italique Hande" from a copy of ''A booke containing diuers sortes of hands...'' first published in 1570.]]

'''Italic script''', also known as '''chancery cursive''' and '''Italic hand''', is a semi-[[cursive]], slightly sloped style of [[handwriting]] and [[calligraphy]] that was developed during the [[Renaissance]] in [[Italy]]. It is one of the most popular styles used in contemporary Western calligraphy.