Style when intentionally misspelling?

Question

I am copyediting and doing layout on a play that includes a few plays on words and intentional misspellings. At first glance they read like typos. I am wondering if the convention is that I should be styling them differently (as I would, for example, for words in another language), or if it's best to leave it to the reader to trust that the "mistake" was intentional. For example, a line includes the phrase "next of skin" instead of "next of kin". I hate the idea that a reader would wonder if that was on purpose. Thoughts?

Answer 1

Sounds like the writer has a clever grasp of language and a true creative flair! I would do everything possible to maintain that edge. If you "get it" then I think other intelligent readers will, also.