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Posted by Graeme Wall on 10/17/50 11:36
In message <michelle-D4E7ED.00423605012006@news.west.cox.net>
Michelle Steiner <michelle@michelle.org> wrote:
> In article <60b21be44d%Graeme@greywall.demon.co.uk>,
> Graeme Wall <Graeme@greywall.demon.co.uk> wrote:
>
> > What does your newsreader show the following as: /italic/ _underline_ ?
>
> It shows the word "italic" bracketed by slashes and the word "underline"
> bracketed by underlines.
>
Ah, there's the problem, many newsreaders will actually show the word between
the slashes in italics and the word between the underscores as underlined,
also a word between asterics in bold. People using them don't have to infer
the meaning. If your newsreader doesn't show them like that then yes, anyone
from a typographical background would infer that a word between underscores
was meant to be italicised.
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Graeme Wall
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