Can I spell a voiced "th" without using IPA?

Solution 1:

This list of pronunciation respelling systems on Wikipedia gives a good idea as to what's used in various systems.

Here is a screenshot (irrelevant rows removed):

IPA1 IPA2 APA NOAD AHD RHD WBO MECD DPL DPN TBD NBC MWCD COD4 POD Cham SD AB Dictcom BBC Wikipedia¹ Wikipedia² Examples//θ θ θ ᴛʜ th t͡h th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th//ð ð ð ᴛʜ th th̸ th th th t̷h TH th: th dh th dh TH dh th dh dh dh

So, /θ/ (unvoiced th) is usually written as "th", while /ð/ (voiced th) has more variation:

"dh"
underlined t̲h̲
capitalized TH
italic th
various strikethroughs (th̸, t̷h, TH)

Solution 2:

The American Heritage Dictionary uses:

'th' for unvoiced th /θ/
'th' (italicized) for voiced th /ð/.

Reference (PDF).

Can I spell a voiced "th" without using IPA?

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