[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #47327: Avoid italic text for better accessibility and readability

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#47327: Avoid italic text for better accessibility and readability
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 Reporter:  afercia       |       Owner:  (none)
     Type:  defect (bug)  |      Status:  new
 Priority:  normal        |   Milestone:  Awaiting Review
Component:  General       |     Version:
 Severity:  normal        |  Resolution:
 Keywords:                |     Focuses:
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Comment (by melchoyce):

 Replying to [comment:4 SergeyBiryukov]:
 > Replying to [ticket:47327 afercia]:
 > > In the WordPress admin, italic text is typically used for descriptions
 and help text. Sometimes also for other elements, for example:
 > > - labels in the Quick Edit and Bulk Edit forms: this is also
 inconsistent with labels styling across the admin
 > > - error details text in the new Recover Mode functionality
 > >
 > > For all these cases, I'd like to propose to remove the italic style.
 >
 > I agree. The italic style on file paths under "This plugin failed to
 load" message on the last screenshot looks especially weird to me.

 +1, these are super weird — I feel like we can go ahead and make these
 changes immediately.

 re: the descriptions, I think in many cases italics are there for
 hierarchy. We'll want to explore alternate ways of establishing hierarchy
 in these cases. Going to discuss this in tomorrow's design meeting in
 Slack.

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