italic
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He compared autonomy to the development of Microsoft Word -- concentrating on swarms was like obsessing over the button that makes text italic, instead of the whole programme.
From Barron's • May 15, 2026
Other features fit with what we know of Milton's neat italic hand, which rarely featured joined letters.
From Science Daily • May 15, 2024
He was the first to print editions of Aristotle, Thucydides, Herodotus and Sophocles; the first to use italic type; and the first to use the semicolon in its modern sense.
From New York Times • Jan. 17, 2024
This transcript is lightly edited, with Times clarifications in italic.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 4, 2018
All abridging remarks and other comments will be in this fancy italic type so you’ll know.
From "The Princess Bride" by William Goldman
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