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3.9.1 Use italics to indicate titles of books, periodicals, newsletters, and newspapers.
EXAMPLES
Edgerton’s work in stroboscopy and electronic flash photography is illustrated in Moments of Vision.
Aviation Week and Space Technology is an important trade publication.
3.9.2 Use italics to indicate material that deserves emphasis.
EXAMPLE
Each type of anesthesia available has specific risks. General anesthesia holds the greatest risk for the patient. . . .
In such a discussion, each type of anesthesia could be italicized as it is introduced.
Emphasis through italics should be used cautiously or it loses its effectiveness.
3.9.3 Use italics to indicate legal citations. The v. (for versus) may be italic or roman, as long as it is consistent.
EXAMPLE
In Technicomp v. Chemco, industrial safety was established as the mutual responsibility of . . .
3.9.4 Use italics to indicate letters.
EXAMPLES
the letter W
mark it with an X
3.9.5 Use italics to indicate algebraic variables.
EXAMPLES
2a + 2b = 2c
the nth power
3.9.6 Use italics to indicate textual references to visual points.
EXAMPLE
Plot a course from A to Y as shown on the navigational chart.
3.9.7 Use italics to indicate Latinate (usually scientific) names and terms.
EXAMPLES
Eel grass (Zostera marina) can take over a small pond if left unchecked.
Streptomyces griseus is a fungus-like bacteria that produces streptomycin, a commonly used antibiotic.
3.9.8 Use italics to indicate names of vessels—spacecraft, ships, aircraft.
EXAMPLE
The Voyager space probe sent back data about the outer planets in our solar system.