---
title: "Italic Inline Tool — Emphasised Text"
description: "Italicise a selection from the inline toolbar or with Cmd/Ctrl+I, and the markup it writes into block text."
source: https://blokeditor.com/docs/italic/
lastmod: 2026-10-07
---

Framework JavaScript

Inline Tools Italic

# Italic: emphasised text in Blok

Wraps selected text in `<i>` (pasted `<em>` is also preserved). Activated with Cmd/Ctrl+I or by clicking the I button in the inline toolbar.

### Import

TypeScript

```
import { Italic } from '@bloklabs/core/tools';
```

### Save Data

TypeScript

```
// A mark on a run of the block's text field:
// { "text": "world", "marks": { "italic": true } }
```

JSON

```
{
  "type": "paragraph",
  "data": {
    "text": [{ "text": "Hello " }, { "text": "world", "marks": { "italic": true } }]
  }
}
```

### Usage Example

TypeScript

```
import { Blok } from '@bloklabs/core';
import { Italic, Paragraph } from '@bloklabs/core/tools';

const editor = new Blok({
  holder: 'editor',
  tools: {
    // Paragraph is the default block and is not bundled with the core —
    // without it the editor starts with an "unsupported block" stub.
    paragraph: Paragraph,
    italic: Italic,
  },
});
```