This problem's been happening for as long as I remember. In mobile view, bold text shows the way it's supposed to show up as, but italic text doesn't show as italicized, although it does in print view. Can anyone with a smartphone tell me if the text below matches its description? If so, what phone (and browser) are you using?
Regular
Bold
Italic
Bold and italic
For the record, I'm using an HTC one with the default browser, which is based on WebKit 534.3
EDIT: When I look at the source code for the regular view and the print view of this page, it seems that the <em>
tag appears around the italicized text in both cases. Only print view shows correctly rendered text. This should rule out browser incompatibility.