italicises

Angles the letters

Italicises is the British spelling of italicizes, meaning to set text in italic type—letters that slant to the right.

Writers italicise titles, foreign words, and terms used as terms: The manual italicises all technical vocabulary.

Italics also convey emphasis: She italicised "never" to stress her point.

emphasis

stress

Pressure, mental or vocal

emphasize · distinguish · prominence · focus · importance · significance · foreground · spotlight · prioritize · signal

typography

slant

Oblique angle or bias

formatting · markup · text · styling · roman · upright · cursive · letterform · typesetting · emphasis

contrast

difference

Way things contrast

distinctive · deviation · divergence · offset · stand out · visual hierarchy · differentiate · distinguish · alternate · shift

Opposites
typographic emphasis method

italicisesromanises

Converts to Latin script

bolds · underlines · boldfaces · capitalises · highlights

formatting action

italicisesnormalises

Makes standard or typical

straightens

Family

italicise, italicised, italicising

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Timeless · Everyday, not technical · Rated G