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[Task] Avoid formatting in italics
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	Mar 11 2015, 10:42 AM

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we use italics to format 'no value' and 'some value', and for language fallback indictor text, among other things.

italics do not work well nor are suitable for all languages. [1] (also is a bit weird in arabic scripts)

although they are somewhat 'nice' in latin script, we should generally avoid them (e.g. avoid font-style: italic). we might be able to use <em> instead or something else entirely, but should make sure it is something that can be handled appropriately in those languages.

http://www.localizingjapan.com/blog/2011/02/27/italics-in-japanese/

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Mentioned In: T63662: "unknown value" and "no value" in diff should be italic

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aude mentioned this in T63662: "unknown value" and "no value" in diff should be italic.Mar 11 2015, 10:44 AM

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aude renamed this task from Avoid formatting in italics to [Task] Avoid formatting in italics.Aug 14 2015, 9:19 AM

italics do not work well nor are suitable for all languages. [1] (also is a bit weird in arabic scripts)

Doesn't that depend on the font and isn't <em> supposed to help compared to <i>?