diff --git a/collects/scribble/scribble.css b/collects/scribble/scribble.css
index 38b12c61..d40e5602 100644
--- a/collects/scribble/scribble.css
+++ b/collects/scribble/scribble.css
@@ -436,6 +436,10 @@ i {
 .hspace {
 }
 
+.slant {
+  font-style: oblique;
+}
+
 .inferencetop td {
   border-bottom: 1px solid black;
   text-align: center;
diff --git a/collects/scribble/scribble.tex b/collects/scribble/scribble.tex
index b5a89457..1ea92c57 100644
--- a/collects/scribble/scribble.tex
+++ b/collects/scribble/scribble.tex
@@ -77,6 +77,8 @@
 \newcommand{\preDoc}{\sloppy}
 \newcommand{\postDoc}{}
 
+\newcommand{\slant}[1]{{\textsl{#1}}}
+
 \newenvironment{leftindent}{\begin{quote}}{\end{quote}}
 \newenvironment{insetpara}{\begin{quote}}{\end{quote}}