# Italic in the table

**URL:** <https://discourse.jabref.org/t/italic-in-the-table/686>\
**Category:** Help\
**Tags:** ui\
**Created:** [July 12, 2017, 11:43am UTC](https://discourse.jabref.org/t/italic-in-the-table/686 "2017-07-12T11:43:47Z")\
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**Author:** ![zhaiyusci](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/discourse.jabref.org/zhaiyusci/32/156_2.png) [@zhaiyusci](https://discourse.jabref.org/u/zhaiyusci)\
**Post date:** [July 12, 2017, 11:43am UTC](https://discourse.jabref.org/t/italic-in-the-table/686/1 "2017-07-12T11:43:47Z")

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Hey!

I am running into a problem. When the title of the paper I add to Jabref contains italic part, like this:  
`A full-dimension intra- and inter-molecular \textit{ab initio} potential energy surface and predicted infrared spectra for \ce{H2O-He}`, I find that the text in the table cannot be displayed correctly:

 ![](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/uploads/jabref/original/1X/7e80744b493a145b59e56f232d0f82fcf9fb46d4.png)

But when I use `\emph` instead, it turns out ok (although not italic}. So my question is what should I do to make the `\textit` thing shown properly? A specific typeface or other settings?

I am using Windows 10 and Jabref4, by the way.

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**Author:** ![Siedlerchr](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/discourse.jabref.org/siedlerchr/32/216_2.png) [@Siedlerchr](https://discourse.jabref.org/u/Siedlerchr)\
**Post date:** [July 12, 2017, 12:29pm UTC](https://discourse.jabref.org/t/italic-in-the-table/686/2 "2017-07-12T12:29:16Z")

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Hi,

thanks for your report. This is indeed a problem. I could confirm it under Linux with the latest snapshot, too.  
It is already listed as bug, but we could not narrow it down if it’s a problem with a typeface or font.

[https://github.com/JabRef/jabref/issues/2784](https://github.com/JabRef/jabref/issues/2784)