Characters displaying a certain inclination? (7)
I believe the answer is:
italics
'characters' is the definition.
(italic is a kind of character)
I don't understand the remainder of the clue.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for italics that I've seen before include "way of writing?" , "List CIA with letters that slant" , "Letters slanted to the right" , "Sloping typefaces" , "Sloping font" .)