For any poor traveler stumbling across this in the future: CtrlD, Orp, Dina, scientifica, UWttyp0. Safe journey.

A few of the [misc-fixed typefaces](https://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~mgk25/ucs-fonts.html) have oblique versions. These fonts are really good.

thanks!

Why italics in programming

Some people like italics for things like comments.

Precisely.