diff --git a/Shared/Extensions/NSAttributedString+NetNewsWire.swift b/Shared/Extensions/NSAttributedString+NetNewsWire.swift
index d9b7e6f2a..4f18c4d6a 100644
--- a/Shared/Extensions/NSAttributedString+NetNewsWire.swift
+++ b/Shared/Extensions/NSAttributedString+NetNewsWire.swift
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ extension NSAttributedString {
 			switch forTag {
 				case "b", "strong":
 					self = .bold
-				case "i", "em", "cite":
+				case "i", "em", "cite", "var", "dfn":
 					self = .italic
 				case "sup":
 					self = .superscript