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Non-English names of works should be italicized just like those in English are, e.g. Les Liaisons dangereuses. When a name should not be italicized, language markup can still ensure proper pronunciation in screen readers, by using the |italic=unset parameter: {{lang|de|italic=unset|Nürnberg}}.
The font used in the TeX rendering is an italic style. This is in line with the convention that variables should be italicized. As Greek letters are more often than not used as variables in mathematical formulas, a Greek letter appearing similar to the TeX rendering is more likely to be encountered in works involving mathematics.
This was the intended meaning of his speech, viz. that our attitude was in fact harmful, was not understood. The later two problems, viz. his debt and his back pain, could not be so easily solved. "My grandfather had four sons who grew up, viz. Thomas, John, Benjamin and Josiah." [8]
If something within a run of italics needs to be italicised itself, the type is normally switched back to non-italicized type: "I think The Scarlet Letter had a chapter about that, thought Mary." In this example, the title (" The Scarlet Letter ") is within an italicised thought process and therefore this title is non-italicised.
The intent of the guidelines and the language templates that support them is to not italicize non-Latin-based scripts, with regard to italicizing titles of works, or material that is not English being italicized simply because it is non-English, or other reasons for italicization. Some scripts don't even support italicization in the first place.
Normally, pronunciation is given only for the subject of the article in its lead section. For non-English words and names, use the pronunciation key for the appropriate language. If a common English rendering of the non-English name exists (Venice, Nikita Khrushchev), its pronunciation, if necessary, should be indicated before the non-English one.
words of important meaning. Capitalization is used much less frequently by British publishers, and usually only for book titles. All-uppercase letters are a common substitute form of emphasis where the medium lacks support for boldface, such as old typewriters , plain-text email , SMS and other text-messaging systems.
Square brackets are used with phonetic notation, whether broad or narrow [17] – that is, for actual pronunciation, possibly including details of the pronunciation that may not be used for distinguishing words in the language being transcribed, but which the author nonetheless wishes to document. Such phonetic notation is the primary function ...