Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Text formatting

This guideline is a part of the English Wikipedia's Manual of Style.

It is a generally accepted standard that editors should attempt to follow, though it is best treated with common sense, and occasional exceptions may apply. Any substantive edit to this page should reflect consensus. When in doubt, discuss first on the talk page.

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This page in a nutshell: This page provides guidance on when to format text in articles. For instructions on how to do that, see Help:Wiki markup § Format.

This is the part of Wikipedia's Manual of Style which covers when to format text in articles, such as which text should use boldface or italic type.