italic vs sideways

italic

adj
  • Having letters that slant or lean to the right; oblique. 

  • Designed to resemble a handwriting style developed in Italy in the 16th century. 

noun
  • An oblique handwriting style, such as used by Italian calligraphers of the Renaissance. 

  • A typeface in which the letters slant to the right. 

sideways

adj
  • Positioned sideways (with a side to the front). 

  • Not as planned; towards a worse outcome. 

  • In conflict (with); not compatible (with). 

  • Moving or directed toward one side. 

  • Neither moving upward nor moving downward. 

adv
  • Askance; sidelong. 

  • With a side to the front. 

  • Neither upward nor downward. 

  • Towards one side. 

How often have the words italic and sideways occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )