Hi, Trevor:
If you have text such as "Certain letters -- f, g, t, etc. -- exhibit
characteristic extenders ...", it seems right to italicize the
letters.
Do you then also italicize the intervening commas,
or leave the commas in an upright face?
5.3.2 in Robert Bringhurst's amazing "The Elements of Typographic
Style" says:
Use upright (i.e., "roman") rather than sloped parentheses,
square brackets and braces, even if the context is italic.
I couldn't find anything specific to punctuation, but looking at his
text tends to confirm my intutition:
5.3.2 (addendum by KM):
If the context is italic, use italic punctuation (except as
given by 5.3.2).
For setting off italic elements within a roman context, use
upright (i.e., "roman") punctuation, and kern accordingly.
Hope this helps!
Kieren.
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