PLOTTEXT:slant

example

          <em><H0.6><S1.2>Italics in the TSAN font
          <FSTANDARD>Italics in the STANDARD font
          <FROMAN.SWISSL>Italics in the ROMAN.SWISSL font
          <FSCRIPT.2>Italics in a SCRIPT font
          <FROMAN.SERIF>Italics in font ROMAN.SERIF
          The final <Q\> <em>\Q<>\ turns <em>italics off

EDGR

 The graphics editor EDGR does not recognize italics.  So, if you open
 an EDGR file and include formatted text in italics, when you edit the
 graphics with EDGR, the italics will be lost.