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  2. Italic type - Wikipedia

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    True italic styles are traditionally somewhat narrower than roman fonts. Here is an example of normal and true italics text: Example text set in both roman and italic type. In oblique text, the same type is used as in normal type, but slanted to the right: The same example text set in oblique type

  3. Wikipedia : Manual of Style/Text formatting

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    Italics markup is for non-emphasis purposes, such as for book titles and non-English language phrases, as detailed below. Emphasis may be used to draw attention to an important word or phrase within a sentence, when the point or thrust of the sentence may otherwise not be apparent to readers, or to stress a contrast:

  4. Emphasis (typography) - Wikipedia

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    Roman emphasis example Different methods of emphasis. The most common methods in Western typography fall under the general technique of emphasis through a change or modification of font: italics, boldface and SMALL CAPS. Other methods include the alteration of LETTER CASE and spacing as well as color and *additional graphic marks*.

  5. Glossary of language education terms - Wikipedia

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    In English-speaking countries, they have integrative motivation, the desire to learn the language to fit into an English-language culture. They are more likely to want to integrate because they 1. Generally have more friends and family with English language skills. 2. Have immediate financial and economic incentives to learn English. 3.

  6. Wikipedia:Technical terms and definitions - Wikipedia

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    Consider the examples presented below. There are three basic markups used to make technical terms stand out; these are italic (in typography also termed oblique with regard to sans-serif fonts), bold, and bold italic. The following uses of these styles are recommended for technical articles: Italic (edited as ''italic'') is used for:

  7. Wikipedia talk:Manual of Style/Text formatting - Wikipedia

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    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.

  8. Italic script - Wikipedia

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    Italic script, also known as chancery cursive and Italic hand, is a semi-cursive, slightly sloped style of handwriting and calligraphy that was developed during the Renaissance in Italy. It is one of the most popular styles used in contemporary Western calligraphy.

  9. Syntax (programming languages) - Wikipedia

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    Terminal symbols are the concrete characters or strings of characters (for example keywords such as define, if, let, or void) from which syntactically valid programs are constructed. Syntax can be divided into context-free syntax and context-sensitive syntax. [7] Context-free syntax are rules directed by the metalanguage of the programming ...