# Italic mode not supported in colorize

**URL:** <https://forum.crystal-lang.org/t/italic-mode-not-supported-in-colorize/5890>\
**Category:** Help & Support\
**Created:** [August 1, 2023, 9:46am UTC](https://forum.crystal-lang.org/t/italic-mode-not-supported-in-colorize/5890 "2023-08-01T09:46:04Z")\
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**Author:** ![hutou](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/forum.crystal-lang.org/hutou/32/1337_2.png) [@hutou](https://forum.crystal-lang.org/u/hutou)\
**Post date:** [August 1, 2023, 9:46am UTC](https://forum.crystal-lang.org/t/italic-mode-not-supported-in-colorize/5890/1 "2023-08-01T09:46:04Z")

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I’m wondering why italic is not supported in colorize mode. 🤔  
Using ANSI syntax (“\e[3mTEXT\e[0m”), I get the expected result in the Gnome terminal.

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**Author:** ![HertzDevil](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/forum.crystal-lang.org/hertzdevil/32/1023_2.png) [@HertzDevil](https://forum.crystal-lang.org/u/HertzDevil)\
**Post date:** [August 1, 2023, 10:40am UTC](https://forum.crystal-lang.org/t/italic-mode-not-supported-in-colorize/5890/2 "2023-08-01T10:40:42Z")

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[They are (were?) not widely supported](https://superuser.com/a/958804), but it seems `\e[3m` is indeed a standard escape code in ECMA-48. I think we should add it (along with fast blink and strikethrough)