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|                                   italic                                    |
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Abbreviation:  ã|\itã%
 
Parameters:    ã|noneã%
 
    ã|Description:ã%
The \italic markup  sets an Italianate typeface,  used for showing emphasis,
conveying a message, attracting attention,  or even creating a mood.  Italic
type is  also good  for contrast,  and it  is also  hard to read  over large
areas.   For printers  that do not  have italics, underscoring  will be used
instead.
 
    ã|Example:ã%
earlier;
\italic Japan \roman in Southeast Asia (previously in
China, now in the Philippines,
 
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| earlier;  Japan  in  Southeast  Asia  (previously  in China,   now in  the  |
|           -----                                                             |
| Philippines,                                                                |
|                                                                             |
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    ã|Example:ã%
members communicate important things---{\it
hunger, alarm, rank, and sexual desire}---among
themselves by means of nonsyntactical signals.
 
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| members  communicate important  things---hunger, alarm,  rank,  and sexual  |
|                                          ------  -----   ----   --- ------  |
| desire---among themselves by means of nonsyntactical signals.               |
| ------                                                                      |
|                                                                             |
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