In typography, italics are a typeface, along with bold, and the standard roman. The original intent of the design was to recreate calligraphy and handwriting in print. The original designer… 展开

In writing, italics are used to set apart certain words, like the bold and underline typefaces. However, italics have taken on a more serious role in academic writingas a way to distinguis… 展开

Movie titles, along with play and TV show titles, are written in italics. In general, the titles of longer works are italicized, while those of shorter works use quotations. So the name of a T… 展开

Most poem titles are written in quotes. While we use italics for the titles of epic poems, which are book-length poetry, the titles of short poems always use quotation marks.… 展开

1Long written works
Italics are used for the titles of longer written works, including books, volumes, dissertations, reports, and epic poems. Stephen Hawkin… 展开