Neither the task bar nor the shortcuts work to permit me to italicize any text. This is really hamstringing my work. Do you have any ideas, please? I note this seems to be an ongoing issue in the community, but answers are not forthcoming...
MacBook Pro 16″, macOS 13.4
I noticed in Apple Mail, that the choice of font I had selected as the default for composing a new message did not have an italic face, and that caused the italic toolbar indicator to be inactive. When I pressed cmd+T (Font panel) and selected a different font that did have an italic face, then I was able to italicize the text in the compose window, either directly or by the toolbar italics control.
In my Mail settings, I have Lucida Grande 14 set for the message font and it has only Regular and Bold faces available.
Similarly, in Pages, your font choice would require an italic font face in order to set that character style. When it does, you select the text to be italicized and press cmd+i. Unlike MS Word, Pages does not create faux font results when the font is not installed.
Once you have achieved that, the same text from Pages can be copy/pasted into Mail and the italicized text remains in the compose window. The same keyboard shortcut (cmd+i) can be used to italicize selected Mail compose text when using a font supporting italic style.
Pages v13.1:
I noticed in Apple Mail, that the choice of font I had selected as the default for composing a new message did not have an italic face, and that caused the italic toolbar indicator to be inactive. When I pressed cmd+T (Font panel) and selected a different font that did have an italic face, then I was able to italicize the text in the compose window, either directly or by the toolbar italics control.
In my Mail settings, I have Lucida Grande 14 set for the message font and it has only Regular and Bold faces available.
Similarly, in Pages, your font choice would require an italic font face in order to set that character style. When it does, you select the text to be italicized and press cmd+i. Unlike MS Word, Pages does not create faux font results when the font is not installed.
Once you have achieved that, the same text from Pages can be copy/pasted into Mail and the italicized text remains in the compose window. The same keyboard shortcut (cmd+i) can be used to italicize selected Mail compose text when using a font supporting italic style.
Pages v13.1:
Thank you so much. I realized that American Typewriter does not permit italics. Imagine that! A switch to Helvetica released the italics key. I really appreciate your help.
You are welcome.
Unable to italicize in apple mail and in pages
