is an option for Cell that specifies whether single‐letter names should be displayed in italics.


SingleLetterItalics
is an option for Cell that specifies whether single‐letter names should be displayed in italics.
Details

- SingleLetterItalics->True is typically set for cells that contain TraditionalForm expressions.
Examples
Basic Examples (2)
Make variables with one-letter names appear in an italicized form:
Override single-letter italicization for a particular symbol in a TraditionalForm output:
See Also
Tech Notes
Related Guides
History
Introduced in 1996 (3.0)
Text
Wolfram Research (1996), SingleLetterItalics, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/SingleLetterItalics.html.
CMS
Wolfram Language. 1996. "SingleLetterItalics." Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Wolfram Research. https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/SingleLetterItalics.html.
APA
Wolfram Language. (1996). SingleLetterItalics. Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Retrieved from https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/SingleLetterItalics.html
BibTeX
@misc{reference.wolfram_2025_singleletteritalics, author="Wolfram Research", title="{SingleLetterItalics}", year="1996", howpublished="\url{https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/SingleLetterItalics.html}", note=[Accessed: 08-August-2025]}
BibLaTeX
@online{reference.wolfram_2025_singleletteritalics, organization={Wolfram Research}, title={SingleLetterItalics}, year={1996}, url={https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/SingleLetterItalics.html}, note=[Accessed: 08-August-2025]}