Italic font or text in italics is a typography in which the characters are inclined at an angle. Italicized text is used especially to highlight sections of text or for quotations. In this article we explain which command you have to enter in LaTeX so that the text is set in italics.
How to write italic in LaTeX
The command to create italic text is \textit{"text"} . This font formatting command converts "text" to italic font. It is also possible to "text" insert several words or a sentence instead of . Here are a few examples.
LaTeX:
It is \textit{heise} written in italics.
Edition:
Here heise is written in italics..
LaTeX:
\textit{Der ganze Satz ist kursiv.}
Output:
The whole sentence is in italics.
You still have the option to create an italic environment . This is done with the commands \begin{itshape} and \end{itshape} . The text in between is displayed completely in italics:
LaTeX:
\begin{itshape}
Everything is written in italics here. Also heise tips + tricks.
\end{itshape}
Output:
Everything is written in italics here. Also heise tips + tricks.
If you also want to write a word in bold italics , it works as follows:
LaTeX:
\textbf{\textit{fett kursiv}}
Output :
bold italic
