2.3.2.3 Italics

Words or terms being discussed as terms should usually be set in italics rather than placed in quotation marks. Thus: “Will carries a technical meaning in Thelemic usage.” If the same term is repeated several times in close succession, italics are needed only where they help identify the word as the object of discussion.

For the treatment of foreign words in italics, see §2.3.2.4 Foreign Words. For punctuation used with italicized terms, see §2.1.4 Punctuation After Italics.