LaTeX \url{} in italics

Question

Is there a simple way of getting a LaTeX url to display in italics, i.e. emph{\url{http://www.stackoverflow.com}}? FYI I am also using \urlstyle{same} right before, which keeps the style looking like the document default style, but I don't want to set my document default to italics.

Answer 1

You can easily set urls to italic text by setting the UrlFont in the document, like so:

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{url}
\begin{document}

\def\UrlFont{\em}
\url{http://www.address.com}

\end{document}

The url should appear in italics.

Answer 2

You might want to try setting \UrlFont to \itshape, i.e.

\renewcommand\UrlFont\itshape