English to Hindi Dictionary

Hindi meaning of italic

italic

/adjective/ तिरछा;
/noun/तिरछे अक्षर; तिरछा मुद्रण; प्राचीन इटली का; प्राचीन इटली से (रोम के अलावा) संबंधित; इटैलिक्‍स;

Synonym slant; Italic;

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English Dictionary:

1. Italic

[a.]

- Relating to Italy or to its people.
- Applied especially to a kind of type in which the letters do not stand upright, but slope toward the right; -- so called because dedicated to the States of Italy by the inventor, Aldus Manutius, about the year 1500.

2. Italic

[n.]

- An Italic letter, character, or type (see Italic, a., 2.); -- often in the plural; as, the Italics are the author's. Italic letters are used to distinguish words for emphasis, importance, antithesis, etc. Also, collectively, Italic letters.