when are italics used
Definition: A style of typeface in which letters are slanted to the right. This is printed in italics. In handwriting, the equivalent of italics is underlining. As shown below, italics are most commonly used for the titles of works that stand by themselves, such as the names of books, films, and video games.It is important to get italics right in formal, academic and published writing, says Jesse Karjalainen.s a general rule, italicize the names of aircraft, ships, and trains; foreign words used in an English sentence; and words and letters discussed as words and letters:  1 These are the voyages of the starship Enterprise 2  .. (title sequence of the original Star Trek TV series).