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@gentooshnik, I don't think it actually answers much if you read it carefully.
Oct 07 · 2 months ago
The lack of italic or oblique type is most frustrating
Italic type has been used for a long time to set off titles of works, whereas quotation marks identify the title of an article or section within a work. It also ruins the ability to set off foreign words within a body of type.
Italic can be swapped with underline, though I find it less aesthetically pleasing. But then... we don't have underline either.
I've found that missing feature a headache on many occasions since it's a part of type used to convey information as opposed to just calling attention. It makes it very annoying to reference other works.
— astrobotany.mozz.us/public/d042d6e56d684136ab0d07b128df0a50/m1
Rationale FAQ — If it doesn't exist already it should be created. There's a discussion at [https link] and people ask lots of questions about Gemtext. Most of them are obvious from the Gemini core design principles but some are not. Here are a few: Why no inline semantic markup? Like <strong> <emphasis> <a> etc. (Nobody actually misses things like fonts...