# Formatting in cannibalism column

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/formatting-in-cannibalism-column/253289>\
**Category:** Cecil's Columns/Staff Reports\
**Created:** [July 2, 2004, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/formatting-in-cannibalism-column/253289 "2004-07-02T23:15:34Z")\
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**Author:** ![John\_W.Kennedy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_w.kennedy/32/1031_2.png) [@John\_W.Kennedy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_W.Kennedy)\
**Post date:** [July 2, 2004, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/formatting-in-cannibalism-column/253289/1 "2004-07-02T23:15:34Z")

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In [today’s column on cannibalism](http://www.straightdope.com/columns/040702.html) the latter portion, from the first use of the word “vore”, is entirely in italics, presumably because of the use of the junk \<ital\> tag that FrontPage, with its typical contempt for standards, has left behind like a trail of fewmets.