We are trying to italicize the labels for a layer that is symbolized on unique value (scientific name), so that the italics display in the contents pane, and also show up in a map legend (we want to use a longer expression involving other non-italic words so formatting the legend text to italics is not a viable workaround).
I am using the Expression Builder in the Symbology pane and have consulted this ESRI help page for expression formatting (some end quotations are missing in the examples of that page, btw - Bold Arcade and Bold VBScript).
The expression builder says that the Arcade is valid but the Contents pane is not respecting the Label Expression: "<ITA>" + $feature.SNAME + "</ITA>"
Is there another, proper way to go about doing this? I read that Tahoma, the default project font, may not support italics but I am getting the same results when I try other default font types. Any advice is appreciated!