Just as bit of geeky info, I use bold for my characters speech, bold italics if she is whispering or if NPCs are speaking (its easy to work out which is which usually) and italics for thoughts. Though I do use italics for single words/short phrases for emphasis too.<br/><br/>To respond to another characters speech that is relevant I use the quote tags.<br/><br/>I've always used bold speech ever since I began RPing on forums because it makes your chars words stand out and so a bit easier for others to see them and react especially if they're stuck away in a big paragraph of text.<br/><br/>In no way are these rules, its just what I'm comfortable with/used to and I thought it might help people I've not played with decipher my posts.<br/><br/>EDIT: Used some more screen grabs from the Aliens movie. I hope they help. Let me know if its not want you want Urby.