 (setq default-dark-theme  'smyx)
 (setq default-light-theme 'leuven)
 (setq default-theme       default-dark-theme)
+
+;; Make the italics show as actual italics. For some unknown reason, the below
+;; is needed to render the italics in org-mode. The issue could be related to
+;; the fonts in use. But having this doesn't hurt regardless.
+(set-face-attribute 'italic nil :inherit nil :slant 'italic)
 
 ;; zenburn
 (defun zenburn ()

;; the closing parentheses in the minibuffer.
(show-paren-mode +1)

(setq default-font-size-pt 12 ; default font size
      dark-theme           t  ; initialize dark-theme var
      )

(setq frame-resize-pixelwise t) ; allow frame size to inc/dec by a pixel


;; Time-stamp: <2015-02-26 08:31:55 kmodi>

;; Set up the looks of emacs

