italic

Example Sentences

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She goes against his precepts and disobeys his orders — they appear as onscreen italic titles — and he gets stroppy, as a father would.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 16, 2025

Other features fit with what we know of Milton's neat italic hand, which rarely featured joined letters.

From Science Daily • May 15, 2024

His corpus includes everything from major paintings and epic films to Mylar balloons and generic business portraits to monosyllabic interview responses and the standard italic font that became wholly identified with his rubber-stamped signature.

From New York Times • May 3, 2020

It’s period correct and I applaud the resistance to set it in italic.

From Washington Post • Feb. 5, 2020

All abridging remarks and other comments will be in this fancy italic type so you’ll know.

From "The Princess Bride" by William Goldman