Manual of Style:Text formatting

Subscript and superscript text is text which is set slightly below or above the normal line of type. Generally speaking, superscript is most common in certain usage of numbers, including for ordinal indicators (1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th, etc, with the exception of dates) and exponentiation (bⁿ, for example, 4²).

Bold text

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MOS:BOLD

In source editor, bold text can be achieved by surrounding text with three straight apostrophes ('''Bold text'''). Alternatively, the "Bold" button in both the source and visual editor can be used to make the selected text bold.

Only use straight apostrophes.
Do not use bold HTML tags ().

In general, bold text is used for:

The subject name or any alternative common names in the lead section.
The subject name in images and gallery captions.
Table headers (automatically applied with the use of the th class; see MOS:TABLE).
Some heading and subheadings (applied automatically; see MOS:HEAD).

Italic text

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MOS:ITALIC

In source editor, italic text can be achieved by surrounding text with two straight apostrophes (''Italic text''). Alternatively, the "Italic" button in both the source and visual editor can be used to make the selected text italic.

Only use straight apostrophes.
Do not use italic HTML tags ().

In general, italic text is used for:

Official titles of creative works and media, such as video games (including Grand Theft Auto games), albums, films and books, both in-game and from the real-world (for example, Grand Theft Auto, Die Already 4, It's a GMW Thang!).
Official titles of ships (for example, BTN Delmar).
Annotated translations (for example, "Vacca" comes from the Spanish vaca, meaning "cow").
Quotes, taglines and mottos (applied automatically when using a dialogue or quote template).
Non-article disambiguation and redirect notices, such as those appearing in disambiguation templates (applied automatically).
The GTA Wiki.

Where a subject's name is written in italic text, the page's display name should also be formatted in italics. This can be achieved using the {{Title}} template:

{{Title|i=y}} (if the entire page name should be formatted in italics)
{{Title|''Italic text'' not italic text}} (if only part of the page name should be formatted in italics)

Bold and italic text

In source editor, bold and italic text can be achieved by surrounding text with five straight apostrophes ('''''Bold and italic text'''''). Alternatively, selecting both the "Bold" and "Italic" buttons in both the source and visual editor will make the selected text bold and italic.

Bold and italic text is typically only used for the official title(s) of creative works when they occur in the lead section.

Colored text

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MOS:COLORTEXT

Colored text can be achieved in a variety of ways:

In inline text, surrounding text with span tags () with a chosen color. For example, Red text will produce Red text.
- Alternatively, using font tags () with a chosen color. For example, A green font will produce A green font.
 - Both of these methods are discouraged as they can sometimes result in inconsistent color contrast between dark and light themes, and cannot easily be changed in a centralized configuration (i.e., using CSS variables).
Specific templates can be used to achieve colored text for different contexts:
- {{Y}} and {{N}} can be used to give text green and red colors (yes and no, respectively).
- {{Color}} can be used to assign text a color with either a hex value, a standard name, or from a selection of pre-defined span classes. This is generally used for assigning specific HUD or DLC colors (see list of custom colors). For example, {{Color|gtao-dlc-28|GTA Online: Smugglers Run}} produces GTA Online: Smugglers Run.

Preformatted text

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MOS:PRE

Preformatted text is displayed in a fixed-width font, and the text preserves both spaces and line breaks. The text will be displayed exactly as written in the HTML source code.

Last amended: August 20, 2025 by MonkeyBot188 (revision | history)

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