HTML and CSS offer us to use italics in a website. For example, this text has been made italic using HTML and CSS.
What Is Italics And Why Do You Need Italic Text In A Website
In typography, italic type is a cursive font based on a stylized form of calligraphic handwriting.
Italic text is used to provide emphasis in text.
Make Text Italic Using <em> HTML Tag
HTML provides the em element that stands for emphasis. If you wrap text in between the em tags, you will get a text that is italic. Let's see this in an example.
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Make Text Italic Using <i> HTML Tag
Similar to the <em> tag, we can also use the <i> HTML element to make text italic. If you wrap text between the <i> tag, you will get an italic text on your website.
Let's see this in the below example:
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Make Text Italic Using CSS Font-Style Property
Along with using the above HTML elements, you can also use CSS style to make the text italic. We make use of the font-style property available to us in CSS and assign an italic value to this property.
Let's see an example:
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