Make Italics more recognisible from standard font, please.

Hi all.
I'm a Master of a RPG Play-By-Chat. That means that EVERYTHING is roled via text. No exceptions.

The writing rules there are simple:

• No font: Your character is talking.
• Italic: You're describing something or making an action.
• (Parentesis: You are commenting as a player and not as a Character)

What I wanted to let you know is the fact that the Italic is not as easy to recognize from the standard font, thus leading to some confusion if looked only at a quick glance. And I know that i could use "bold" to compensate for the problem, but after a lot of time of activity, it's not so easy to make 50+ people change their style.

So I would ask to make Italic more recognisible from the standard font, in order to be easier (even for people with disabilites, and strangely enough I have a lot of them who can't read properly) to distinguish what is what.

Regards.