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Formats text in italics within a document, commonly used for emphasis or to follow typographical conventions.
Overview
Essential for proper document formatting and typography, particularly when following academic or publishing guidelines.
- Widely used for emphasizing words or phrases in regular text
- Standard for book titles, journal names, and foreign phrases
- Preserves text properties while applying italic styling, making it preferable to mathematical italic formatting
- Maintains proper spacing and kerning between characters, unlike mathematical mode italics
- Commonly used in bibliographies, citations, and scientific nomenclature