[Forum] RE: Should File Names be italicized in a Document?

No, it shouldn't be italicized. What is your and your colleagues' rationale for doing so?

[Forum] Brand mascot name--italicized?

Are free-standing brand mascots works of art? Should a brand mascot's name be italicized?  An author writes about a free standing metal sculpture used to advertise a metalworks shop.  It was called the Tin Man.  Should the title be italicized?  Thanks!

[Forum] RE: (i.e., and e.g.) Do you italicize or not?

You are correct, BPP, as is Emmes -- they should not be italicized. CMOS did not make a mistake, as these abbreviations are italicized in 6.43 only because they are being referred to (in a sense, as words) and are not being used for their standard purpose.

[Forum] RE: Quotes or reverse italics?

It's actually both--in the bibliography the "Times" is mentioned in a book title; in the text it's in an italicized paragraph that must remain italicized. Sorry for the confusion.

[Forum] RE: Titles within Italicized Text

This sounds like a job for reverse italics—that is, put it in roman because it's surrounded by text that's already italicized. But the bigger question may be whether the surrounding text needs to be italicized. A quotation from a gossip column sounds like something I would typically want to forma

[Forum] RE: Italics?

Hi, Tremolino! Welcome to the forum! I think this might be what you're looking for: 8.171 Italicized terms and titles within titles Any term within an italicized title that would itself be italicized in running text—such as a foreign word, a genus name, or the name of a ship—should be set in

[Forum] RE: Possessive of italicized name

Here's the direct link: [url=http://www.chicagomanualofstyle.org/16/ch07/ch07_sec028.html]CMOS 7.28 Possessive with italicized or quoted terms[/url].

[Forum] RE: Explanatory brackets within italicized text

Thanks, as always, Pixna. I saw that entry, but I wasn't sure whether the contents should be italicized too, along with the brackets. A.

[Forum] Italicize possessives

The answer to your question is found in section 7.28 in the CMOS 16th edition. The name and the punctuation is italicized, but the possessive "s" is left in roman font. This is if the word itself is originally in roman and is not italicized.

[Forum] Italicized thoughts.

The character is thinking back to a conversation she had earlier. In her italicized thoughts, she recalls his exact words. I'd still have them in italics because they are her thoughts, but should they also be have quotation marks? Thanks.