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  2. 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.

  3. The Little Engine That Could - Wikipedia

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    The story was labeled, [4] as told by Olive Beaupré Miller, that the first edition gave credit to Bragg, but subsequent editions did not as Miller subsequently concluded that "the story belonged to the realm of folk literature". [2] Miller was the founding editor and publisher of The Book House for Children, a company based in Chicago.

  4. Wikipedia : Manual of Style/Text formatting

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    Italics should be used for the following types of names and titles, or abbreviations thereof: Major works of art and artifice, such as albums, books, video games, films, musicals, operas, symphonies, paintings, sculptures, newspapers, journals, magazines, epic poems, plays, television programs or series, radio shows, comics and comic strips ...

  5. 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*.

  6. Italic type - Wikipedia

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    The choice of using italic type, rather than the roman type in general use at the time, was apparently made to suggest informality in editions designed for leisure reading. [ a ] Manutius' italic type was cut by his punchcutter Francesco Griffo (who later, following a dispute with Manutius, claimed to have conceived it).

  7. Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Titles of works - Wikipedia

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    The first word in a compound preposition (e.g., Time Out of Mind) Not capitalized: For title case, the words that are not capitalized on Wikipedia (unless they are the first or last word of a title) are: Indefinite and definite articles (a, an, the) Short coordinating conjunctions (and, but, or, nor ; also for, yet, so when used as conjunctions)

  8. Why It’s a Vital Time for Short Stories - AOL

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    In a publishing climate built to sell novels, short fiction is an endangered species. Zach Williams, author of ‘Beautiful Days,’ explains why you might be reading more short stories than you ...

  9. Help:Text formatting - Wikipedia

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    It's just a short-cut combination of italic and the math font. It's used a lot in math, since all usual variables|math variables are italic and serif both . For folks not conversant with mathematical typesetting rules, it probably seems like fluff, even though for us inside mathematics, the ubiquitous use of an italic serif font for most (but ...