diff --git a/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/notification/EventLogConsole.java b/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/notification/EventLogConsole.java
index e7fe01d44918..885418c0e5dd 100644
--- a/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/notification/EventLogConsole.java
+++ b/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/notification/EventLogConsole.java
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ import com.intellij.openapi.project.ProjectManagerAdapter;
 import com.intellij.openapi.util.*;
 import com.intellij.openapi.util.text.StringUtil;
 import com.intellij.ui.ColorUtil;
+import com.intellij.ui.Gray;
 import com.intellij.ui.JBColor;
 import com.intellij.ui.awt.RelativePoint;
 import com.intellij.util.EditorPopupHandler;
@@ -358,7 +359,7 @@ class EventLogConsole {
         markupModel.removeHighlighter(colorHighlighter);
       }
 
-      TextAttributes italic = new TextAttributes(null, null, null, null, Font.ITALIC);
+      TextAttributes italic = new TextAttributes(Gray.x80, null, null, null, Font.PLAIN);
       for (int line = startLine; line < endLine; line++) {
         for (RangeHighlighter highlighter : myHyperlinkSupport.getValue().findAllHyperlinksOnLine(line)) {
           markupModel
diff --git a/platform/platform-resources/src/DefaultColorSchemesManager.xml b/platform/platform-resources/src/DefaultColorSchemesManager.xml
index da11490c7cff..22d41f629823 100644
--- a/platform/platform-resources/src/DefaultColorSchemesManager.xml
+++ b/platform/platform-resources/src/DefaultColorSchemesManager.xml
@@ -303,7 +303,6 @@
           <option name="BACKGROUND"/>
           <option name="EFFECT_COLOR" value="0000ff" deuteranopia="55ff" protanopia="55ff"/>
           <option name="EFFECT_TYPE" value="1"/>
-          <option name="FONT_TYPE" value="2"/>
         </value>
       </option>
       <option name="FOLLOWED_HYPERLINK_ATTRIBUTES">
@@ -312,7 +311,6 @@
           <option name="BACKGROUND" value="e9e9e9"/>
           <option name="EFFECT_COLOR" value="0000ff" deuteranopia="55ff" protanopia="55ff"/>
           <option name="EFFECT_TYPE" value="1"/>
-          <option name="FONT_TYPE" value="2"/>
         </value>
       </option>
       <option name="INFORMATION_ATTRIBUTES">