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HTML

Hello <span class="superitalic">SUPERITALIC!</span> World!

CSS

span {
    display: inline-block;
 -webkit-transform: skewX(-50deg);
    -moz-transform: skewX(-50deg);
     -ms-transform: skewX(-50deg);
      -o-transform: skewX(-50deg);
         transform: skewX(-50deg);
    padding: 0 0.4em;
}