James Jacobs wrote:
To speak to the original post's title though, we can't use italics to set apart flavor text because we already have a pretty integral use for italics in the game to denote magic items and spells apart from the rest of the text—and also still use it for book titles and occasionally for emphasis in dialogue.
Also, from a readability stance, italics are harder to read, particularly over long stretches. That's the main reason why you don't often see long blocks of text in itallics more often—it's a basic and fundamental typesetting readability/accessibility concern.
Thanks for replying to my original post. I really appreciate it as well as your work.
Two things.
1-) Sorry if it sounded rude but english is not my main language and i thought "fluff" and flavor text were two valid ways to talk about narrative/descriptive/ elements. (And i think some guys here should consider that not everyone is very skilled at writing/reading english as well so before casting stone to me for a little error of word use, be more welcoming and inclusive to foreign people. Of course flavor/narrative elements are really an important part of the game and i enjoy them and i never asked for their removal).
2-) I take note italic is not a possibility. Would there be another way to make it more obvious for dumb people like me and less risky to misunderstand what is RAW and what isn't?
Thank you for your consideration and dedication to this community.
