Loving upright type getting endless credit (8)
I believe the answer is:
romantic
'loving' is the definition.
(similar in meaning)
'upright type getting endless credit' is the wordplay.
'upright type' becomes 'roman' (term for upright type as opposed to italic).
'getting' says to put letters next to each other.
'endless' means to remove the last letter.
'credit' becomes 'tick' (I've seen this before).
'tick' with its final letter taken away is 'tic'.
'roman'+'tic'='ROMANTIC'
(Other definitions for romantic that I've seen before include "Having an idealised view of reality" , "Relating to love" , "Soulful or amourous idealist" , "Literary period in early 19th century" , "Evoking love; post-Classical" .)