Jump to content

Template:Italics correction/doc

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Use {{italics correction}} to increase the spacing (by 0.15em) following italic text to keep it from running into an immediately subsequent non-italic character, such as a closing parenthesis. The template takes one unnamed parameter: the text. The template can be included within or its parameter may include the italics markup, which is not provided by this template itself.

Examples

[edit]

Using the wiki markup (''Harbi'') without the template would produce (Harbi) with the italicized 'i' intruding into the ')'. ({{italics correction|''Harbi''}}) produces (Harbi) instead.

TemplateData

[edit]

No description.

Template parameters

This template prefers inline formatting of parameters.

ParameterDescriptionTypeStatus
text1

no description

Stringrequired

Technical note

[edit]

The kerning problem with italics has, as of April 2021, no automated solutions in the web browser, so the use of this template remains necessary. The underlying font standards generally don't have support for this feature, so this issue should not be expected to be fixed anytime soon. (OpenType only has italics correction in the TeX-inspired MATH table – see also this discussion on typedrawers.)

See also

[edit]
Title changing or correcting templates + magic word
Wiki markup
Transclusion from template:
Involves Correct name Actual article name
{{Italic title}} Title in italics To Kill a Mockingbird To Kill a Mockingbird
{{Italic title|all=yes}} Complete title in italics, including parentheses Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased) Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased)
{{Italic title|string=Ally McBeal}} Phrase of |string= in italics List of Ally McBeal episodes List of Ally McBeal episodes
{{Italic title|all=yes|string=Fringe}} Phrase of |string= in italics; also looks in parentheses Peter (Fringe episode) Peter (Fringe episode)
{{Italic disambiguation}} Disambiguation in italics The End (Lost) The End (Lost)
{{Lowercase title}} Lowercase first character eBay EBay
{{Lowercase title|italic=yes}} Lowercase first character and place title in italics, not including disambiguation iCarly (soundtrack) ICarly (soundtrack)
{{Lowercase title|italic=yes|force=yes}} Lowercase first character and place title in italics, including disambiguation
{{Lowercase title|dab=yes}} Lowercase first character and place disambiguation in italics iSpy (Modern Family) ISpy (Modern Family)
{{Italic title prefixed|17}} Italicize after the number characters at the beginning of the title German battleship Bismarck German battleship Bismarck
Magic word
{{DISPLAYTITLE:_NSAKEY}} Various _NSAKEY NSAKEY
Title corrections
{{Correct title|reason=bracket}} < > [ ] { } Benzo[a]pyrene Benzo(a)pyrene
{{Correct title|reason=#}} # Pilot #5 Pilot No. 5
{{Correct title|reason=:}} : DK: King of Swing DK King of Swing