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  2. Wikipedia : Manual of Style/Text formatting

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    Italics should not be used for non-English text in non-Latin scripts, such as Chinese characters and Cyrillic script, or for proper names, to which the convention of italicizing non-English words and phrases does not apply; thus, a title of a short non-English work simply receives quotation marks.

  3. Emphasis (typography) - Wikipedia

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    Emphasis is provided by using italics, used for key words, stage directions and the names of characters, and capitalization of key words. There are many designs. With both italics and boldface, the emphasis is correctly achieved by swapping into a different font of the same family; for example by replacing body text in Arial with its bold or ...

  4. Italic type - Wikipedia

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    Aldus Manutius' italic, in a 1501 edition of Virgil. Italic is only used for the lower case and not for capitals. [1] In typography, italic type is a cursive font based on a stylised form of calligraphic handwriting. [2] [3] [4] Along with blackletter and roman type, it served as one of the major typefaces in the history of Western typography.

  5. 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)

  6. Urdu alphabet - Wikipedia

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    As an abjad, the Urdu script only shows consonants and long vowels; short vowels can only be inferred by the consonants' relation to each other. While this type of script is convenient in Semitic languages like Arabic and Hebrew , whose consonant roots are the key of the sentence, Urdu is an Indo-European language , which requires more ...

  7. Wikipedia : Manual of Style/Captions

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    Short caption – Infoboxes for things that change over time can mention the year of the image briefly, e.g. "Cosby in 2010" for . If the image is of a person doing that for which they are known at an otherwise common event, the correct verb delivers the message, e.g. "Jackson performing in 1988" for Michael Jackson .

  8. List of English words of Hindi or Urdu origin - Wikipedia

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    from Hindi and Urdu: An acknowledged leader in a field, from the Mughal rulers of India like Akbar and Shah Jahan, the builder of the Taj Mahal. Maharaja from Hindi and Sanskrit: A great king. Mantra from Hindi and Sanskrit: a word or phrase used in meditation. Masala from Urdu, to refer to flavoured spices of Indian origin.

  9. Swash (typography) - Wikipedia

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    Swashes marked with red color Minion Pro in capital letters in regular (1), italic (2) and swash (3) style. A swash is a typographical flourish, such as an exaggerated serif, terminal, tail, entry stroke, etc., on a glyph.