Steps to reproduce:
1. Rename an item in an anvil.
2. Put it in your hotbar.
3. Switch to it.
What I expected to happen was:
The item name is shown in italic, since it's renamed.
What happened instead was:
The item name is shown without italic.
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Can reproduce, but where is the bug ?
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I'd say this is a bug, not a feature request. See MC-598
I think that my "Spawned" name tag has the same glitch, but I'm using the DEFAULT texture pack. It doesn't always show up in italics.
I'm also using 14w25a...
it IS in italics! 😃 but as you said it isnt coloured
Brian, you fail to understand that there are two screenshots where it is not in italics. It should be in italics when the name appears when you switch to its hotbar location, not just when you read the Lore.

I am still experiencing this issue in Release 1.8

Relates to MC-130145
Screenshot: http://imgur.com/a/ZhGqd