Even though web browsers have the <em> and <i> tags for italicizing, but textual elements on a web page can be italicized by CSS by using the font-style property. The font-style property takes following values
| 
 Value  | 
 Description  | 
| 
 normal  | 
 The browser displays a normal font style.  | 
| 
 italic  | 
 The browser displays an italic font style  | 
| 
 oblique  | 
 The browser displays an oblique font style  | 
The font-style property has the value of ‘normal’ as the default value for all the elements on a web page. They are used as
p{ font-style: italic; }
p {font-style: normal; }
p {font-style: normal; }
