w:iCs (Italic — Complex Script)

Applies italic formatting to complex-script (right-to-left and other bidirectional) text in a run.

Parent elements

w:rPr

Description

w:iCs is a toggle property that applies italic formatting to complex-script characters in a run. It is the complex-script counterpart of w:i, which controls italic for Latin and East Asian text.

It is defined in ECMA-376 Part 1 §17.3.2.16.

Attributes

Attribute	Type	Possible Values	Description
`w:val`	`ST_OnOff`	`true`, `false`, `1`, `0`, `on`, `off`	Enables italic for complex-script characters. Omit to inherit.

Examples

<w:r>
  <w:rPr>
    <w:iCs/>
    <w:rtl/>
  </w:rPr>
  <w:t>نص عربي مائل</w:t>
</w:r>

using DocumentFormat.OpenXml.Wordprocessing;

var run = new Run(
    new RunProperties(
        new ItalicComplexScript(),
        new RightToLeftText()
    ),
    new Text("نص عربي مائل")
);

Notes

Use w:i for Latin/East Asian italic, w:iCs for complex-script italic.
The complex-script font used for italics is specified in w:rFonts w:cs.