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Any kind of emphasis you want to make should default to ''mixed or lower case in italics''. Italics markup, as noted elsewhere on this page, is accomplished with two single quotes/apostrophes before and after the text to be emphasized.
Also, please don't use '''boldface''' (generated with three single quotes) for emphasis. Bold text should be reserved for emphasis within block-quotes that are already in italics and for minor subheads in the main text. Also, the first time a work page mentions the work's name in its text, the name should be marked up in bold ''and'' italics (unless it's a short story or a single song, in which case it should be in boldface and quotes). There are almost no other cases when boldface is an appropriate style choice, and boldface plus italics should ''never'' be used for emphasis because it's nearly as bad as ALL CAPS.<ref>Okay, there are a few rare instances where it could be used, such as an escalating series of emphasis (like, "Bad. ''Bad.'' '''''Bad!'''''"). But just because you don't think italics by themselves cut it? No. Don't.</ref>
There are situations where you will want to put an apostrophe immediately after a word in italics, in order to indicate a possessive. This puts three apostrophes in a row, which is the markup for boldface text. In order to prevent the three apostrophes from being treated as boldface markup, put the third apostrophe in double braces, like so: {{tl|'}}. (The "nowiki" markup used on other wikis should not be used on All The Tropes as a matter of wiki style.) ''We have become aware that the visual editor does not follow the wiki's style in this case.''
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