Alternatives to font contrasts for highlighting words

Font contrasts such as italics and bold are not always available in online text entry systems. In this situation, the best way of drawing attention to particular words and phrases is to use paired single quotation marks. Full capitalisation without bold can be used for headings:

The term ‘editorial style’ refers to guidelines …

EDITORIAL STYLE   [heading]

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