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Retrochic | 08:00 Tue 09th Sep 2014 | How it Works
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Is it possible to use Italics on AB? Sometimes a word highlighted in italics can slightly change the context and much better than using capitals but I can't find a way to do it.
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There is a dodgy method (things throw it) that works once per post.

Square bracket i end square bracket

either side of the text you want italicised.
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[test test test]
Use [i] either side of the word without any spaces.

Yes, put [i] at either end of what you want in italics
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well [[that]] didn't work lol!
[i]Takes a bit of practice though ;)[i]
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will this work

It does work! must be lower case i
and don't use smileys etc.
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yes! what a palavar! Thanks!
space space text space
I wish [b] BOLD worked [b]
but it doesn't!
test
But... for some reason, it doesn't work (often) if used multiple times in one post and doesn't work if other symbols such as colons, semi-colons or hyphens are used in the sentence... at least in my experience on here...
And don't try playing about with the ASCII character numbers or escape sequences, as they don't work either!

<b>This</b>
<u>Or this</u>
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thanks for all answers -can't give best answer as they were all useful x
Caution - you can only use it once [i per post (in my experience)

Second [i] time ]
Told you
Wot, no [b]bold[/b]? :(

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