Hit on
Read
Read verb - To go over and mentally take in the content of.
Both terms in one sentence
- You've fuckin' hit on Meg, Connie... you destroyed Cleveland's marriage and fucked Loretta's corpse... you treat women as if they're nothing more than objects... you act like you're some well-read snob, but in reality the closest thing to a novel you've probably ever read is the Private Parts book!
- So, if any writer wants to avoid the italic, they can play other games with the textnote They can hit on something no easier to read than the italic option, however.. These may include: Rainbow Speak, fading the text slightly, changing the font size or using a different font entirely.
Source: Think in Text
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