Italics is a type / style (or what ever word you want to use ) of writing just like Arial, Calligraphy or Old School Graffiti.
Honestly, I was just bugging you to make a point lol. But now that you've replied seriously to it, I have to be nitpicky...

Those three mentioned are fonts.There is a reason why italics is next to bold and underline, rather than in the font section.