I'm working on a book using the book document class.
I have several portions of text that I want to be italicized, each of which are several paragraphs long.
I was only able to replicate the issue by using line breaks.
Here's my header
\documentclass{book}
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
\usepackage{blindtext}
\begin{document}
This one inconsistently italicizes and reports an error.
% Doesn't work right
\section{block}
\textit{
\blindtext
\blindtext
}
This one works
% Works
\section{em}
\begin{em}
\blindtext
\blindtext
\end{em}
This one usually only italicizes the first paragraph, and is generally inconsistent.
% First pargraph
\section{textit}
\begin{textit}
\blindtext
\blindtext
\end{textit}
This one also only italicizes the first paragraph, and is generally inconsistent.
\section{emph}
\begin{emph}
\blindtext
\blindtext
\end{emph}
Yet, several answers on this site and others places (here and here) have said to use \textit and not \em. So, two questions:
- What is the best way to make several paragraphs italicized at once?
- Is using \begin{em} an okay solution?
Best Answer
Here are some options, depending on whether you want the text to stand out or not:
The main principle is to use the declaration
\itshape
rather than a macro (like\textit
).