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italics vs italic

Both 'italics' and 'italic' are correct, but they are used in different contexts. 'Italics' is the correct term when referring to the style of text that slants to the right, while 'italic' is used as an adjective to describe something in that style.

Last updated: March 24, 2024 • 989 views

italics

This is the correct term when referring to the style of text that slants to the right.

Use 'italics' when talking about the style of text that is slanted to the right for emphasis or to indicate titles of works.

Examples:

Please write the title of the book in italics.
The important information is highlighted in italics.

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Reports from post-marketing experience are included in italics.
Adverse reactions identified from post-marketing experience are included in italics.
I recommend, she is becoming the most beautiful specimen italics.
It includes the functionality of AWS, shown in italics.
I've shown you just a few things in italics here.
The text in italics is taken directly from Annex II to Directive 2001/18/EC.
Adverse reactions identified from post-marketing experience are included in italics.
Text in italics indicates an interpretation of the Rules (pursuant to Rule 180).
According to the French authorities, the data in italics are forecasts.
Text in italics is meant as an aid to completing the document.
Political amendments: new or amended text is highlighted in bold italics; deletions are indicated by the symbol ▐.
Furthermore, the word Salmonidae should appear in normal type, rather than in italics.
To think that man's first step on the moon should be a manipulation of the CIA, It is skepticism italics.
The geographical designations listed in Annex II, the terms in italics in Article 1 (4) and the designation Rum-Verschnitt must not be translated.
Terms contained within a definition in this section which are defined separately are printed in italics.
Enzymes are in italics, hormones are bolded and arrows indicate the direction of synthesis.
The evaluators' recommendations (in italics) are outlined below, together with the comments of the Commission.
Amended text is highlighted in bold and italics, deletions are indicated by the following symbol ▌.
Political amendments: new or amended text is highlighted in bold italics; deletions are indicated by the symbol ▌.
Political amendments: new or replacement text is marked in bold italics and deletions are indicated by the symbol ▌.

Alternatives:

italicized text
slanted text
oblique text
sloped text
tilted text

italic

This is used as an adjective to describe something in the style of slanted text.

Use 'italic' as an adjective to describe text or fonts that are slanted to the right.

Examples:

She used an italic font for the heading.
The document was written in italic script.

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Voluntary items are printed in italic.
Analogous to font-bold, but for italic font style instead of bold.
Default font for new sticky notes. This should be a Pango Font Name, for example "Sans Italic 10".
Option to choose italic font for displaying subtitles and other OSD text.
Show days with recurrent events in italic font in bottom left calendar
The category printed in italic font, namely "younger than 15", is optional.
Interpretations of the Rules (pursuant to Rule 201) are in italic script.
This toolbar contains the font settings (size, bold, italic, & etc;).
The I element suggests that text be rendered as italic text.
The figures presented for EACEA human resources in the table above correspond to the Establishment plan posts and, in italic, to the number of contract agents per year.
terms in italic: reference to the synonym for the wine grape variety
The I element suggests that text be rendered as italic text. - common attributes
Note text Add text for selected note here. Text can be formatted, for example bold or italic.
The elements put in Italic are optional.
All four types of link cell need some suitable text to be entered into the Comment: field of the Insert Link dialog. This is the text that appears in the cell, you can set its style to Bold or Italic if you wish.
To use the modified standard font, select the category in the list, and check or uncheck the font modifiers Italic, Bold, and/ or Strikeout. You can immediately see the effect on the font in the category list.
Font family A font family is a group of fonts that resemble one another, with family members that are e. g. bold, italic, or any number of the above.
If you select this, then text differences will be drawn with the italic version of the selected font. If the font does n't support italic, then this does nothing.
Here you can influence the way the header text is displayed in the article window; for example, if the Italic entry is selected the sender, & eg; John Doe & lt; johndoe@doubleguns. comgt; will appears in an italic font.
Uncontested interpretations and interpretations adopted by Parliament shall be appended in italic print as explanatory notes to the appropriate Rule or Rules.

Alternatives:

slanted
oblique
sloped
tilted
angled

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