Is there anyway to print italic font on ansi console?

Question

Here's the script to color the text and to give bold, blinking, highlighting effect on ansi console.

import (
    "fmt"
    "github.com/mgutz/ansi"
)

color1Func := ansi.ColorFunc(fmt.Sprintf("%v+bh:%v", 181, 255))
color2Func := ansi.ColorFunc(fmt.Sprintf("%v+B:%v", 121, 255))

io.WriteString(os.Stdout, color1Func(text1))
io.WriteString(os.Stdout, color2Func(text2))

I tried to print italic font to style better console application, but couldn't find it anywhere for several days of struggling. Is this something that's not possible with ansi console?

Update:

This is what I did checked for mgutz/ansi library

        if strings.Contains(fgStyle, "b") {
            buf.WriteString(bold)
        }
        if strings.Contains(fgStyle, "B") {
            buf.WriteString(blink)
        }
        if strings.Contains(fgStyle, "u") {
            buf.WriteString(underline)
        }
        if strings.Contains(fgStyle, "i") {
            buf.WriteString(inverse)
        }
        if strings.Contains(fgStyle, "s") {
            buf.WriteString(strikethrough)
        }
        if strings.Contains(fgStyle, "h") {
            base = highIntensityFG
        }

It has "i" but it's not italic.

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score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered May 14 '20 at 08:57

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Is there anyway to print italic font on ansi console?

No.

From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ANSI_escape_code:

Italic Not widely supported. Sometimes treated as inverse.

This depends so much in the details of your terminal that there is no reliable portable way to do so.

answered May 14 '20 at 08:57

Volker

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Thanks for your answer. Can you tell me what can be used to give comment like effect on Ansi console? – artgb May 14 '20 at 09:05
@artgb The only really reliable way is to indicate such stuff via _text_, e.g. quotes or prefixes/suffixes. Relying on color and font in a terminal is very hard. – Volker May 14 '20 at 09:53
Ok, thanks for the answer. – artgb May 14 '20 at 13:09
Do you think this question is meaningless? 2 guys suggested to close but I was trying to find solution for 2 days and got clarification about this. – artgb May 14 '20 at 13:11

Is there anyway to print italic font on ansi console?

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