# Un-Italicizing text in Quote Boxes **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [October 16, 2007, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/un-italicizing-text-in-quote-boxes/422913 "2007-10-16T16:09:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![garygnu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garygnu/32/2924_2.png) [@garygnu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garygnu)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2007, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/un-italicizing-text-in-quote-boxes/422913/1 "2007-10-16T16:09:03Z")
When a quote box has a “Originally Posted by” tag on it, it makes all the text inside italic. Bold, underlined, and strikethrough text remains, but is also italicized. Is there a tag to keep text regular? In an all-italic block of text, regular lettering is often used in place of italic for emphasized words. ---
**Author:** ![SiXSwordS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/49beb7/32.png) [@SiXSwordS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SiXSwordS)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2007, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/un-italicizing-text-in-quote-boxes/422913/2 "2007-10-16T16:37:05Z")
Test [QUOTE=garygnu] When a quote box has a “Originally Posted by” tag on it, it makes all the text inside italic. Bold, underlined, and strikethrough text remains, but is also italicized. Is there a tag to keep text regular? In an all-italic block of text, regular lettering is often used in place of italic for emphasized words. [/QUOTE] Test ---
**Author:** ![Noone\_Special](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/noone_special/32/2863_2.png) [@Noone\_Special](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Noone_Special)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2007, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/un-italicizing-text-in-quote-boxes/422913/3 "2007-10-16T16:42:41Z")
Not _per se_. Using the [quote=name] tag causes the text to appear in italics. But you can mimic this by using a regular quote box, and adding a first line saying “Originally Posted by **name** ” to the quoted text. Like this: > [@](#): > > Originally posted by **garygnu** > When a quote box has a “Originally Posted by” tag on it, it makes all the text inside italic. Bold, underlined, and strikethrough text remains, but is also italicized. Is there a tag to keep text regular? In an all-italic block of text, regular lettering is often used in place of italic for emphasized words. Which I achieved using the code: [quote]Originally posted by [b]garygnu[/b] When a quote box has a “Originally Posted by” tag on it, it makes all the text inside italic. Bold, underlined, and strikethrough text remains, but is also italicized. Is there a tag to keep text regular? In an all-italic block of text, regular lettering is often used in place of italic for emphasized words.[/quote] (remove whitespace inside square brackets to get the actual code) ---
**Author:** ![garygnu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garygnu/32/2924_2.png) [@garygnu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garygnu)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2007, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/un-italicizing-text-in-quote-boxes/422913/4 "2007-10-16T17:50:14Z")
Nice workaround. I’ll use it if I must. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2007, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/un-italicizing-text-in-quote-boxes/422913/5 "2007-10-16T23:07:16Z")
> [@](#): > > In an all-italic block of text, regular lettering is often used in place of italic for emphasized words. Personally, I think that italic should use the same tag to begin and end, for this reason. But that sort of out of favor, with the way that the HTML standards are going. ---
**Author:** ![Noone\_Special](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/noone_special/32/2863_2.png) [@Noone\_Special](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Noone_Special)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2007, 6:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/un-italicizing-text-in-quote-boxes/422913/6 "2007-10-17T06:09:08Z")
Also, you can do all kinds of cool things using this method: > [@](#): > > Originally posted by Some web site > (not a real site…) > [@](#): > > Originally posted by **Lady Crimson** > _"I love blood!_ > [@](#): > > Originally posted by **Mr Big** > _I’m huge_ You get the idea… ---
**Author:** ![crowmanyclouds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crowmanyclouds/32/19884_2.png) [@crowmanyclouds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crowmanyclouds)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2007, 8:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/un-italicizing-text-in-quote-boxes/422913/7 "2007-10-17T08:41:15Z")
This too, > [@](#): > > [Originally](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=9081008#post9081008) posted by [**Noone Special**](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/member.php) > Also, you can do all kinds of cool things using this method … the first one is more useful, letting you link to the full post in context on say page 4 in a 28 page thread (in later versions of vBulletin when you hit “Reply With Quote” it automatically adds a link to the post your quoting). CMC-fnord! ---
**Author:** ![TubaDiva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tubadiva/32/507_2.png) [@TubaDiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TubaDiva)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2007, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/un-italicizing-text-in-quote-boxes/422913/8 "2007-10-17T13:28:25Z")
Learn something new every day if you’re not careful. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![SiXSwordS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/49beb7/32.png) [@SiXSwordS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SiXSwordS)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2007, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/un-italicizing-text-in-quote-boxes/422913/9 "2007-10-17T15:20:58Z")
[QUOTE=Noone Special] > [@SomeWebSite](#): > > I am so cool. [/QUOTE] I have to admit that the ‘Originally posted by _ **insert non-poster name here** _’ style bugs the besotted Buddha out of me. ---
**Author:** ![DSYoungEsq](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c6cbf5/32.png) [@DSYoungEsq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSYoungEsq)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2007, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/un-italicizing-text-in-quote-boxes/422913/10 "2007-10-17T20:13:56Z")
[QUOTE=TubaDiva] Learn something new every day if you’re not careful. 🙂 [/QUOTE] I refuse to learn something new any day. If I did that, I’d get smart. Or more smart. Or something. I know all I need to know. I know to send you chocolate when I want something. What else is there to know in life?? 😕 ---
**Author:** ![rowrrbazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rowrrbazzle/32/414_2.png) [@rowrrbazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rowrrbazzle)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2007, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/un-italicizing-text-in-quote-boxes/422913/11 "2007-10-17T20:51:03Z")
[QUOTE=crowmanyclouds] (in later versions of vBulletin when you hit “Reply With Quote” it automatically adds a link to the post your quoting). [/QUOTE] That would be a great feature to have. Nested quotes, too, I hope.