The contents expressed in English italics are:

1. Names of books, newspapers, periodicals and other publications, as well as names of movies, paintings and sculptures are usually italicized to distinguish them from other characters in the text. Such as: Van Gogh's Sunflower (Van Gogh's Sunflower).

2. Proper names of ships, planes, spaceships and artificial satellites are indicated in italics. For example, the mail ship Queen Elizabeth.

3. The parties in the names of court cases are indicated in italics. For example, Denisk.

4. Onomatopoeia words are italicized.

Italic is an oblique font in English publications. Compared with the Roman style, the application of italics is limited.