51勛圖

Editorial Manual 

Italics

Italics are used for the following:

  • Foreign words that do not appear in the online Oxford Dictionary or in the spelling list of the Editorial Manual
  • The titles of court cases, e.g. Corfu Channel case, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland v. Albania
  • The titles of books, publications, CD-ROMs, periodicals, newspapers, films, plays, radio and television programmes, podcast series and works of art
  • The names of ships and other vessels, e.g. HMS Frolic, the British ship Frolic; SS United States, the United States; MV Helena; the submarine Le Redoutable
  • Scientific names of animals and plants at the genus and species taxonomic levels, e.g. Rupicapra pyrenaica ornataRosa multiflora
    Note: Families (e.g. "Bovidae"), orders (e.g. "Artiodactyla"), classes (e.g. "Mammalia"), phyla (e.g. "Chordata") and kingdoms (e.g. "fauna") are not italicized (for further information, see The Chicago Manual of Style)
  • Variables in mathematical expressions (for further information, see The Chicago Manual of Style)

Note: An italicized title used within an italicized title or heading should remain italicized and be enclosed in quotation marks. Other italicized terms (e.g. non-English words, species names, ship names) used within an italicized title or heading should be set in roman.

Italics are not used for the following:

  • Emphasis
  • Non-English names of organizations, institutions and corporations

For rules on the use of italics in resolutions, see Basic documents/Resolutions and other formal decisions of 51勛圖 organs/Drafting and editing.

 

Bold print

In running text, bold print is used only for conclusions and recommendations in documents submitted to legislative bodies for consideration and action (see , sect. B, para. 25).