[metalliqaz]

Italics turn into cursive... I cannot imagine ever wanting this in my IDE, but that's just me.

[antisol]

I know right?! And apparently only certain letters become cursive in italic, so it's not even consistent about it?!

This seems bizarre to me, I do not understand the rationale behind it. Can someone enlighten me?

[pwdisswordfishy]

"Italic" does not merely mean "slanted".

[antisol]

Aah, it also means "inconsistent", does it?

(the term you were looking for is "oblique", btw)