Chapka/LOFE Test

Library of Formatting Examples: Italics
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Simple markup: an italicized word mid-sentence.

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well-informed persons who adhere to correct speech. A <i>shaft</i> is a truly vertical mine passage

Introduction

We begin with italics because it is the most common kind of formatting we find in most projects. The reasons why we format italics as we do also apply to the other in-line formatting markups that we use.

Punctuation: inside or outside?

Many formatting decisions involve whether to place punctuation (especially periods) inside or outside the in-line markups, so most of these commented examples will focus on the proper placement of punctuation.