Italics are de rigueur for unfamiliar foreign words and for the titles of:
- Books
- Magazines
- Movies
- Musical recordings (i.e., albums, not songs)
- Newspapers
- Operas
- Paintings and photographs
- Plays
Because formatting can be unreliable, avoid using italics (or bold) for emphasis. If the emphasis is needed, consider rewriting the sentence.
Examples
- The Brandenburg Concertos
- The Chicago Tribune
- Je ne sais quoi
- Love in the Time of Cholera
- The New Yorker
- Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band
- Waiting for Godot