Can I write italics to the Python shell?

Question

Is it possible to write something like this:

>>> text_output = "Hello World."
>>> print text_output

...where if the text_output is printed to the Python Shell, it is printed in italics?

Consignee

What do you mean by Python Shell? – Demount

Sorry, forgive my "freshness" in the subject, ha ha. Just whenever you run it, is what I meant. – Consignee

Are you running it on Windows or Linux? – Demount

I am running it on Windows. – Consignee

For Windows terminal don't forget import os – Pull

Answer 1

In Python 2 or 3 if your console supports italics, e.g. rxvt-unicode you can precede your Italic text with the ansi escape code for italics \x1B[3m, and then append it with \x1B[0m for reset/normal to return to normal characters.

>>> print("Normal text \x1B[3mitalic text\x1B[0m normal text")

Grahamgrahame

Does that mean if I get this: [3mHello World[23m printed, my console does not support italics? :( Drat. – Consignee

This prints anything after the \x1B[23m. I have updated the answer to reset the characters to standard/reset after the italic text. – Optimal

Answer 2

Not in the standard Python shell, no. If you want all output text to be in italics, you could use some GUI shell like Dreampie. If you want the ability to actually style text (with italics, bold, etc.), you need to use some GUI library that provides that sort of ability.

Edile

Answer 3

Powershell can print Italics.

CMD cannot. CMD can't do ANYTHING(it's like 25 years old, what can you expect).

This works great: print("\x1B[3mThis text\x1B[0m is \x1B[3mitalicized!\x1B[0m")

Saltwort

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Answer 4

No. The print function outputs to sys.stdout by default. Assuming you're using something like IDLE, this will simply be echoed into IDLE. You can set some options in IDLE itself to show different font faces and sizes and whatnot, but this will modify everything, not just the output of print commands.

Infrangible

What if he's running it in Bash? I think that italics may work there. – Demount

@AlixAxel Perhaps. I've honestly never tried it. Apparently it's running on Windows, however, and I'm 99% certain that cmd won't cope with italicized text. Powershell, I don't know. – Infrangible