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| should be in italics. But if a longer title such as Looking Back: A Seventy-Fifth Anniversary of Phi Eta... italics? A. No. If the full title is italic, the shortened version should also be italic. Please see CMOS 14.30 for examples of shortened titles.... |
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| italics is to indicate that the word is foreign, does the fact of the non-Latin script accomplish...that, thus making italics unnecessary? I had thought so, but then I queried my fellow editors, and many...of them seemed to think italics should still be used. A. You are right: a non-Latin script signals... |
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| in a sidebar column for playback selection the main developer insists on using italics for the album...titles. I advised to drop the italics mainly because on today’s low-resolution screens italic ... italics is to be construed as a device of emphasis that sets the respective title off from the flowing... |
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| FAQ Item None of the Above Q. Some authors use italics for unspoken thoughts. What is appropriate...“Julius Caesar” roman type? A. You can put “Julius Caesar” in roman type (reverse italics) or in...quotation marks. This is one reason why putting thoughts into italics is awkward, however. Chicago... |
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| the English title in parentheses, should the English titles appear in italics or quotations? A.... Chicago style writes the translation in plain text, no italics or quotes, no headline caps. Please see...published under an English title, however, then put the English title in italics as you would any other... |
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| italics because it’s an exhibition title. The title is in italics, but the starting letter is a drop...cap and is in roman. Is that OK, or should the cap be in italics as well? A. Truly, there is no rule.... A graphic designer might be the best person to rule on the aesthetics of roman versus italics in... |
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| FAQ Item Italics and Quotation Marks Q. Does the rule in CMOS 7.53 about non-English words hold for...“rustici,” “aloo paratha,” and “kacchi biryani” be in italics? A. Good question! The purpose of using... italics for non-English words in an English-language context is (a) to prevent them from being... |
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| like a book or like a ship? That is, in an imaginary title in italics such as All That Fits: A History...of Advertising in the New York Times, would the newspaper’s name be italic and placed within quotes...(as a book’s title would) or set roman (i.e., in reverse italics) (as a ship’s name would)? It... |
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| doesn’t specify how to deal with wordmarks that are partly in italics. I would prefer to set them the...same way as any other word, but I would also love an official ruling on this! A. Italics, like other...” is an acronym based on the founder’s name plus the abbreviation for “Company”), the italics as such... |
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| FAQ Item Italics and Quotation Marks Q. Should the apostrophe in an italicized word in possessive...’. But if you’re using italics for emphasis, leave the apostrophe in regular text. For example, “It was...in italics (as it is styled in this sentence). But for emphasis—that is, to single out the pirate’s... |
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