How to Use Italics in Creative Writing: Thoughts, Readability, and More

There are situations when plain text needs to be manipulated in order clarify your intentions as an author. Italicizing the text is one of the most common and useful ways of modifying font in creative writing. Italics both stand out from and fit in with regular font.

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