Skewed text is not the same as italic text! Skewed only means that
the regular characters have been slanted (skewed
is the
mathematical term for this). Italic text on the other hand has a
different, more flowing set of character shapes for each font. This is
why most font families have an italic font in addition to regular (or
Roman
).
You can enter the angle by which the text is to be slanted in the
matching editable field; see Skew angle
above.