Subject: Re: bug#9652: emacs should use italic faces on terminal emulators which support italic fonts

From: Glenn Morris <[email-masked]>
Date: Sun, 02 Oct 2011 20:50:00 -0400

http://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=3530

implies it will work if you set up the terminfo/termcap somehow (I don't
know how).