Thanks for the references. However, the context may be different. I.e. it is different to talk about reading a whole paragraph in cursive and to have a single

Thanks for the references. However, the context may be different. I.e. it is different to talk about reading a whole paragraph in cursive and to have a single word in cursive (here it adds, well, emphasis). Compare: I bet that reading an intensely colored paragraph harder (personally, I hate reading long blocks of texts in color). At the same time, many people (myself included) use code highlighting.