In a sans-serif font, skewing a word or phrase can create the appearance of italics, even when a real italic font is not available. The technique is less successful with serif fonts because the design of the roman letter "a" or "g", for example, usually differs from its italic version.
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The text was impossible to read: every other word was underlined or in a bold or italic font.
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Names of vessels, as the Kearsarge or the Alabama, are frequently put in italic.
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[…] ROBERT GRANJON, possibly in collaboration with CLAUDE GARAMOND, had created an italic which matched Garamond Roman.
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