It seems you've stumbled upon the Italic Issues subpage. This place is where we deal with the most italic of issues.
Here's the deal: we're trying to get our italic font to work, but it's being a real pain. We've got issues with the font size, and it's driving us crazy.
Check out the Reserved Code subpage for more information on the reserved codes we're using.
Issue 1 is about the font size issue. Issue 2 is about the italicity issue.