What Is Italicizing Text?

The History Behind Italics
Italics is when a typeface is slanted to the right. ... Italics are used to distinguish words from other parts of the text and draw attention. Like underlining, it can create emphasis; therefore, you wouldn't want to both underline and italicize the same word.

What does italicizing text mean?

Italics have several uses. Most commonly, italics are used for emphasis or contrast — that is, to draw attention to some particular part of a text. ... This is the standard way of representing emphasis or contrast; you should not try to use quotation marks or other punctuation marks for this purpose.

What does Italicizing a word do?

When you italicize your writing, you print or type in the slanted letters called "italics." You can italicize a word in a sentence when you want to emphasize it. ... Print that you italicize usually slopes from left to right, and it resembles script or cursive writing.

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