unitalicize

Straighten the text

To unitalicize is to remove italic formatting from text, returning it to upright (roman) type.

The term belongs to word processing and digital publishing: Select the text and click the button again to unitalicize it.

Like many software-era coinages, it describes undoing a formatting action.

formatting

roman

Upright letter style

normal · straighten · reset · revert · undo · neutralize · standard · default · body text · clean up

typography

upright

Vertical or morally sound

posture · glyph · baseline · x-height · letterform

editing

deemphasize

Reduce perceived significance

proofreading

Opposites
text formatting action

unitalicizeitalicize

Render in sloped type

italicise · emphasize · format · bold · underline

Family

Italy, Italian, italic, italicize, italics, italicized, italicizes, italicise, italicises

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