# Your favorite way of emphasising on the Boards

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-way-of-emphasising-on-the-boards/106244>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [April 29, 2002, 7:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-way-of-emphasising-on-the-boards/106244 "2002-04-29T07:33:34Z")\
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**Author:** ![FlyingDragonFan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c89c15/32.png) [@FlyingDragonFan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FlyingDragonFan)\
**Post date:** [April 30, 2002, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-way-of-emphasising-on-the-boards/106244/21 "2002-04-30T16:42:51Z")

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For emphasis I like to use (and read) _italics_. Using _this_ or _this_ always cause me to pause in my reading when I hit them, so I have to go back and start the sentence again, this time skimming over the ASCII.  
I also like to see posters’ names **bolded** , as it makes it easier to understand that I’m reading someone’s name, not just some **typo, mna**.

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