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  1. +-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
  2. |                                   italic                                    |
  3. +-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
  4.  
  5. Abbreviation:  π|\itπ%
  6.  
  7. Parameters:    π|noneπ%
  8.  
  9.     π|Description:π%
  10. The \italic markup  sets an Italianate typeface,  used for showing emphasis,
  11. conveying a message, attracting attention,  or even creating a mood.  Italic
  12. type is  also good  for contrast,  and it  is also  hard to read  over large
  13. areas.   For printers  that do not  have italics, underscoring  will be used
  14. instead.
  15.  
  16.     π|Example:π%
  17. earlier;
  18. \italic Japan \roman in Southeast Asia (previously in
  19. China, now in the Philippines,
  20.  
  21. +-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
  22. |                                                                             |
  23. | earlier;  Japan  in  Southeast  Asia  (previously  in China,   now in  the  |
  24. |           -----                                                             |
  25. | Philippines,                                                                |
  26. |                                                                             |
  27. +-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
  28.  
  29.     π|Example:π%
  30. members communicate important things---{\it
  31. hunger, alarm, rank, and sexual desire}---among
  32. themselves by means of nonsyntactical signals.
  33.  
  34. +-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
  35. |                                                                             |
  36. | members  communicate important  things---hunger, alarm,  rank,  and sexual  |
  37. |                                          ------  -----   ----   --- ------  |
  38. | desire---among themselves by means of nonsyntactical signals.               |
  39. | ------                                                                      |
  40. |                                                                             |
  41. +-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
  42.