Board Thread:Support Requests - Getting Started/@comment-33921692-20180513090432/@comment-1038387-20180513093227

It's cursive, slightly at an angle, and its uses are many. Some more practical uses on Wikia include:
 * quotes
 * highlighting a flashback in a larger block of text
 * distinguishing something as a name of a vehicle/ship/spaceship
 * distinquishing non-English words

et cetera.