Monday, August 16, 2010

PSA: Italics - Use Them Right

Italics are not to be used for any old thing. They are not like cologne that you can splash all over yourself. You don't want to overuse them and take away what little power they have. They are for emphasis or book titles, right? Maybe foreign phrases...maybe the words of Christ.

Please don't use them as the standard font formatting on documents or emails. Unless you are Jesus. Also, if you use italics for everything, you aren't allowed to use the abbreviation IMHO (Jesus...please feel free to do whatever you like).

Thanks for understanding

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3 Comments:

Blogger SkylersDad said...

In my technical writing world, we use them to describe the names of pages in the GUI, and also when describing a variable.

Monday, August 16, 2010 11:32:00 PM

 
Blogger Cap'n Ergo "XL+II" Jinglebollocks said...

I shall make a mental note, Flan-San...

Tuesday, August 17, 2010 10:25:00 PM

 
Blogger gennifer6 said...

uh....so what else do people use them for other than book titles and emphasis? Hmmm...

Saturday, August 28, 2010 2:20:00 PM

 

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