Serious writing (in the Latin script) needs italics

[Philip Linde]

On Mon, 09 Nov 2020 23:51:43 +0000
acdw <acdw at acdw.net> wrote:

> Just to add a wrinkle, another terribly hacky thing you can do is use raw terminal escapes to encode when you want italic and bold and underline, as well as different colors, if you just want to.

I enjoy the idea for its ingenuity, but I don't particularly look
forward to having to implement a terminal emulation layer in my GUI
client :)

> However, I think it is a sign of stronger writing if an author is able to convey their meaning without resorting to what's essentially metadata in their text.  Use syntax, word choice, and punctuation to express your intent!

Good point.

-- 
Philip
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