Template:Italic/doc

Template to swap italic and roman text within a span of text. This template can be used to change font style to italic without indicating a semantic purpose, i.e., for purely decorative reasons. Contrast this usage with the two straight apostrophes, which indicate a technical term or alternative mood, and the em text template, which indicates an emphasis.

Note that using two straight apostrophes and em text within this template changes the font style back to upright.