What various type styles can be used to emphasize points?

Several type styles, when used sparingly, are more emphatic than normal text:

boldface type
italics
CAPITAL LETTERS
underlining

Boldface type and italics are the most common emphatic type styles used in word processing, while CAPITAL LETTERS and underlining are used in the electronic mail medium.

Caution: If these type style variants are overused, their impact is diminished and the text will look chaotic.