diff --git a/src/styles/italic/index.android.js b/src/styles/italic/index.android.js
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index 92f6d65241bb..000000000000
--- a/src/styles/italic/index.android.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-const italic = 'normal';
-
-export default italic;
diff --git a/src/styles/italic/index.android.ts b/src/styles/italic/index.android.ts
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index 000000000000..bbd9deb8cf8d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/styles/italic/index.android.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+import ItalicStyles from './types';
+
+const italic: ItalicStyles = 'normal';
+
+export default italic;
diff --git a/src/styles/italic/index.js b/src/styles/italic/index.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 8e8433c7cc05..000000000000
--- a/src/styles/italic/index.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-const italic = 'italic';
-
-export default italic;
diff --git a/src/styles/italic/index.ts b/src/styles/italic/index.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..02d6c46423f6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/styles/italic/index.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+import ItalicStyles from './types';
+
+const italic: ItalicStyles = 'italic';
+
+export default italic;
diff --git a/src/styles/italic/types.ts b/src/styles/italic/types.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..61e0328e52b6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/styles/italic/types.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+import {CSSProperties} from 'react';
+import {TextStyle} from 'react-native';
+
+type ItalicStyles = (TextStyle | CSSProperties)['fontStyle'];
+
+export default ItalicStyles;