How are Order Items displayed in Email Templates?

Items included in a specific order are displayed using the items variable, tagged with a @repeat property. An example can be found below.

<!-- @repeat items -->
    <tr>
        <td>
            <table style="max-width: 600px; border-collapse: collapse; margin: 0 auto 10px; border-bottom: 1px dotted #cccccc;" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center">
                <tbody>
                <tr>
                    <td width="160"><a href="[*product_url*]"> <img src="[*product_image*]" width="140" data-imagetype="External" /> </a></td>
                    <td width="440">
                        <table style="border-collapse:collapse;" width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center">
                            <tbody>
                            <tr>
                                <td style="padding-top:10px;" colspan="5" valign="top">
                                    <a href="[*product_url*]">
                                        <span style="[*body_font*]font-size:14px;[*secondary_color*]padding:10px 0;line-height:22px;">
                                            [*product_name*]
                                        </span>
                                    </a>
                                    <br />
                                    <span style="[*body_font*]display:block;font-size:12px;[*secondary_color*]padding:10px 0 0;line-height:18px;">
                                        [*product_sku*]
                                        <br />
                                        [*item_options*]
                                    </span>
                                </td>
                            </tr>
                            <tr>
                                <td><span style="[*body_font*]display:block;font-size:12px;[*secondary_color*]padding:10px 0 0;line-height:18px;">Price</span></td>
                                <td><span style="[*body_font*]display:block;font-size:12px;[*secondary_color*]padding:10px 0 0;line-height:18px;">Qty</span></td>
                                <td><span style="[*body_font*]display:block;font-size:12px;[*secondary_color*]padding:10px 0 0;line-height:18px;text-align:right;">Total</span></td>
                            </tr>
                            <tr>
                                <td>
                                    <span style="[*body_font*]font-size:12px;[*secondary_color*]padding:10px 0;line-height:22px;">$[*item_price*]</span>
                                </td>
                                <td>
                                    <span style="[*body_font*]font-size:12px;[*secondary_color*]padding:10px 0;line-height:22px;">[*item_quantity*]</span>
                                </td>
                                <td>
                                    <span style="[*body_font*]font-size:12px;[*secondary_color*]font-weight:bold;padding:10px 0;line-height:22px;text-align:right;display:block;">$[*item_subtotal*]</span>
                                </td>
                            </tr>
                            </tbody>
                        </table>
                    </td>
                </tr>
                </tbody>
            </table>
        </td>
    </tr>
    <!-- @end-repeat items -->