Well, adding your shown code into the file example.tex
of current class moderncv
(version 2.0.0) I have no problem seeing the italic words with your mentioned style banking
(in an comment) ...
Because you gave us no other informations I can only guess you are using an older version of class moderncv
or an outdated TeX distribution with an included outdated moderncv
.
Please copy the following MWE to your computer and compile it three times. Then check your log file, at the end you should find an list of used class, packages and version numbers! This list is the result of the command \listfiles
I added into the MWE.
Please add this list to your question, if it differs to mine list later ...
MWE:
\listfiles
\documentclass[11pt,a4paper,sans]{moderncv}
% moderncv themes
\moderncvstyle{banking} % casual, classic, banking, oldstyle and fancy
\moderncvcolor{blue}
%\nopagenumbers{}
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
\usepackage[scale=0.75]{geometry}
% personal data
\name{John}{Doe}
\title{Resumé title}
\address{street and number}{postcode city}{country}
\phone[mobile]{+1~(234)~567~890}
\phone[fixed]{+2~(345)~678~901}
\phone[fax]{+3~(456)~789~012}
\email{[email protected]}
\homepage{www.johndoe.com}
\social[linkedin]{john.doe}
\social[twitter]{jdoe}
\social[github]{jdoe}
\extrainfo{additional information}
\photo[64pt][0.4pt]{example-image-a}
\quote{Some quote}
\begin{document}
\makecvtitle
\section{Education}
\cventry{year--year}{Degree}{Institution--3}{City--4}{\textit{Grade}--5}{Description--6} % arguments 3 to 6 can be left empty
\cventry{year--year}{Degree}{Institution}{City}{\textit{Grade}}{Description}
\section{Professional Service}
\cvlistitem{Member of \emph{Conferency Conference} steering committee}
\cvlistitem{Current reviewer for academic journals:
\emph{Prestigious Journal of Science},
\emph{Prestigious Journal of Mathematics}%
}
\section{Master thesis}
\cvitem{title}{\emph{Title}}
\cvitem{supervisors}{Supervisors}
\cvitem{description}{Short thesis abstract}
\section{Experience}
\subsection{Vocational}
\cventry{year--year}{Job title}{Employer}{City}{}{General description no longer than 1--2 lines.\newline{}%
Detailed achievements:%
\begin{itemize}%
\item Achievement 1;
\item Achievement 2, with sub-achievements:
\begin{itemize}%
\item Sub-achievement (a);
\item Sub-achievement (b), with sub-sub-achievements (don't do this!);
\begin{itemize}
\item Sub-sub-achievement i;
\item Sub-sub-achievement ii;
\item Sub-sub-achievement iii;
\end{itemize}
\item Sub-achievement (c);
\end{itemize}
\item Achievement 3.
\end{itemize}}
\cventry{year--year}{Job title}{Employer}{City}{}{Description line 1\newline{}Description line 2}
\subsection{Miscellaneous}
\cventry{year--year}{Job title}{Employer}{City}{}{Description}
\section{Languages}
\cvitemwithcomment{Language 1}{Skill level}{Comment}
\cvitemwithcomment{\textbf{Language} 2}{\textbf{Skill} level}{Comment}
\cvitemwithcomment{Language 3}{Skill level}{Comment}
\section{Computer skills}
\cvdoubleitem{category 1}{XXX, YYY, ZZZ}{category 4}{XXX, YYY, ZZZ}
\cvdoubleitem{category 2}{XXX, YYY, ZZZ}{category 5}{XXX, YYY, ZZZ}
\cvdoubleitem{category 3}{XXX, YYY, ZZZ}{category 6}{XXX, YYY, ZZZ}
\section{Interests}
\cvitem{hobby 1}{Description}
\cvitem{hobby 2}{Description}
\cvitem{hobby 3}{Description}
\section{Extra 1}
\cvlistitem{Item 1}
\cvlistitem{Item 2}
\cvlistitem{Item 3. This item is particularly long and therefore normally spans over several lines. Did you notice the indentation when the line wraps?}
\section{Extra 2}
\cvlistdoubleitem{Item 1}{Item 4}
\cvlistdoubleitem{Item 2}{Item 5}
\cvlistdoubleitem{Item 3}{Item 6. Like item 3 in the single column list before, this item is particularly long to wrap over several lines.}
\section{References}
\begin{cvcolumns}
\cvcolumn{Category 1}{\begin{itemize}\item Person 1\item Person 2\item Person 3\end{itemize}}
\cvcolumn{Category 2}{Amongst others:\begin{itemize}\item Person 1, and\item Person 2\end{itemize}(more upon request)}
\cvcolumn[0.5]{All the rest \& some more}{\textit{That} person, and \textbf{those} also (all available upon request).}
\end{cvcolumns}
\end{document}
giving the result:
with the following list of used packages and version numbers:
*File List*
moderncv.cls 2015/07/28 v2.0.0 modern curriculum vitae and letter document class
size11.clo 2014/09/29 v1.4h Standard LaTeX file (size option)
etoolbox.sty 2015/08/02 v2.2a e-TeX tools for LaTeX (JAW)
ifthen.sty 2014/09/29 v1.1c Standard LaTeX ifthen package (DPC)
xcolor.sty 2016/05/11 v2.12 LaTeX color extensions (UK)
color.cfg 2016/01/02 v1.6 sample color configuration
pdftex.def 2016/07/01 v0.06i Graphics/color for pdfTeX
infwarerr.sty 2016/05/16 v1.4 Providing info/warning/error messages (HO)
ltxcmds.sty 2016/05/16 v1.23 LaTeX kernel commands for general use (HO)
colortbl.sty 2012/02/13 v1.0a Color table columns (DPC)
array.sty 2014/10/28 v2.4c Tabular extension package (FMi)
ifxetex.sty 2010/09/12 v0.6 Provides ifxetex conditional
ifluatex.sty 2016/05/16 v1.4 Provides the ifluatex switch (HO)
fontenc.sty
t1enc.def 2016/06/19 v1.99m Standard LaTeX file
lmodern.sty 2009/10/30 v1.6 Latin Modern Fonts
url.sty 2013/09/16 ver 3.4 Verb mode for urls, etc.
graphicx.sty 2014/10/28 v1.0g Enhanced LaTeX Graphics (DPC,SPQR)
keyval.sty 2014/10/28 v1.15 key=value parser (DPC)
graphics.sty 2016/06/02 v1.0s Standard LaTeX Graphics (DPC,SPQR)
trig.sty 2016/01/03 v1.10 sin cos tan (DPC)
graphics.cfg 2016/06/04 v1.11 sample graphics configuration
fancyhdr.sty
tweaklist.sty
calc.sty 2014/10/28 v4.3 Infix arithmetic (KKT,FJ)
xparse.sty 2016/05/18 v6512 L3 Experimental document command parser
expl3.sty 2016/05/18 v6512 L3 programming layer (loader)
expl3-code.tex 2016/05/18 v6512 L3 programming layer
l3pdfmode.def 2016/03/26 v6465 L3 Experimental driver: PDF mode
microtype.sty 2016/05/14 v2.6a Micro-typographical refinements (RS)
microtype-pdftex.def 2016/05/14 v2.6a Definitions specific to pdftex (RS)
microtype.cfg 2016/05/14 v2.6a microtype main configuration file (RS)
moderncvcollection.sty 2015/07/28 v2.0.0 moderncv collections
moderncvcompatibility.sty 2015/07/28 v2.0.0 modern curriculum vitae and letter compatibility patches
moderncvstylebanking.sty 2015/07/28 v2.0.0 modern curriculum vitae and letter style scheme: banking
tgpagella.sty 2009/09/27 v1.2 TeX Gyre Pagella as default roman family
kvoptions.sty 2016/05/16 v3.12 Key value format for package options (HO)
kvsetkeys.sty 2016/05/16 v1.17 Key value parser (HO)
etexcmds.sty 2016/05/16 v1.6 Avoid name clashes with e-TeX commands (HO)
moderncviconsawesome.sty 2015/07/28 v2.0.0 modern curriculum vitae and letter icons: awesome
fontawesome.sty 2016/05/15 v4.6.3.1 font awesome icons
fontawesomesymbols-generic.tex
fontawesomesymbols-pdftex.tex
moderncvheadiii.sty 2015/07/28 v2.0.0 modern curriculum vitae and letter header variant: 3
moderncvbodyiii.sty 2015/07/28 v2.0.0 modern curriculum vitae and letter body variant: 3
t1qpl.fd 2009/09/25 v1.2 font definition file for T1/qpl
ufontawesometwo.fd 2016/05/22 Font definitions for U/fontawesometwo.
moderncvcolorblue.sty 2015/07/28 v2.0.0 modern curriculum vitae and letter color scheme: blue
inputenc.sty 2015/03/17 v1.2c Input encoding file
utf8.def 2016/02/28 v1.1s UTF-8 support for inputenc
t1enc.dfu 2016/02/28 v1.1s UTF-8 support for inputenc
ot1enc.dfu 2016/02/28 v1.1s UTF-8 support for inputenc
omsenc.dfu 2016/02/28 v1.1s UTF-8 support for inputenc
geometry.sty 2010/09/12 v5.6 Page Geometry
ifpdf.sty 2016/05/14 v3.1 Provides the ifpdf switch
ifvtex.sty 2016/05/16 v1.6 Detect VTeX and its facilities (HO)
geometry.cfg
hyperref.sty 2016/06/24 v6.83q Hypertext links for LaTeX
hobsub-hyperref.sty 2016/05/16 v1.14 Bundle oberdiek, subset hyperref (HO)
hobsub-generic.sty 2016/05/16 v1.14 Bundle oberdiek, subset generic (HO)
hobsub.sty 2016/05/16 v1.14 Construct package bundles (HO)
intcalc.sty 2016/05/16 v1.2 Expandable calculations with integers (HO)
kvdefinekeys.sty 2016/05/16 v1.4 Define keys (HO)
pdftexcmds.sty 2016/05/21 v0.22 Utility functions of pdfTeX for LuaTeX (HO)
pdfescape.sty 2016/05/16 v1.14 Implements pdfTeX's escape features (HO)
bigintcalc.sty 2016/05/16 v1.4 Expandable calculations on big integers (HO)
bitset.sty 2016/05/16 v1.2 Handle bit-vector datatype (HO)
uniquecounter.sty 2016/05/16 v1.3 Provide unlimited unique counter (HO)
letltxmacro.sty 2016/05/16 v1.5 Let assignment for LaTeX macros (HO)
hopatch.sty 2016/05/16 v1.3 Wrapper for package hooks (HO)
xcolor-patch.sty 2016/05/16 xcolor patch
atveryend.sty 2016/05/16 v1.9 Hooks at the very end of document (HO)
atbegshi.sty 2016/06/09 v1.18 At begin shipout hook (HO)
refcount.sty 2016/05/16 v3.5 Data extraction from label references (HO)
hycolor.sty 2016/05/16 v1.8 Color options for hyperref/bookmark (HO)
auxhook.sty 2016/05/16 v1.4 Hooks for auxiliary files (HO)
pd1enc.def 2016/06/24 v6.83q Hyperref: PDFDocEncoding definition (HO)
hyperref.cfg 2002/06/06 v1.2 hyperref configuration of TeXLive
puenc.def 2016/06/24 v6.83q Hyperref: PDF Unicode definition (HO)
hpdftex.def 2016/06/24 v6.83q Hyperref driver for pdfTeX
rerunfilecheck.sty 2016/05/16 v1.8 Rerun checks for auxiliary files (HO)
supp-pdf.mkii
epstopdf-base.sty 2016/05/15 v2.6 Base part for package epstopdf
grfext.sty 2016/05/16 v1.2 Manage graphics extensions (HO)
mt-ppl.cfg 2005/11/16 v1.6 microtype config. file: Palatino (RS)
t1lmss.fd 2009/10/30 v1.6 Font defs for Latin Modern
nameref.sty 2016/05/21 v2.44 Cross-referencing by name of section
gettitlestring.sty 2016/05/16 v1.5 Cleanup title references (HO)
BTW: I'm using an current MiKTeX 2.9 ...
}
) the\cvlistitem
commands properly. Could that be the issue?