Command/em

\em

Summary

\em switches to the text style setup for it, usually slanted.

Description

Better use \emph.

Examples

Change \em to italics:

\setupbodyfontenvironment[default][em=italicface]

See also

• font-emp.mkvi
• \it
• \bf
• \emph

Help from ConTeXt-Mailinglist/Forum

All issues with:

• \em on the mailing list (all results)
• \em on the mailing list (subject only)
• \em on stack exchange
• \em in ConTeXt's source