CS4 Font Problem

When loading documents created in PageMaker 6.5 or 7.0, CS4 warns about missing fonts. Specifically the italic version of an opentype font that is installed. CS4 recognizes that the font is there, but only in regular style. The font does not have a separate italic file. Both PageMaker and WinWord gladly italicize the font (as well as bold and bold italicize), but CS4 seems incapable of doing so. Any solution other than selecting another font?

Compare a lower case "a" in Times New Roman Regular and Italic. Now,
while you've got both of them showing side-by-side, apply a 12 degree
skew to the Regular "a" (in the Character palette). See the difference?
Kenneth Benson
Pegasus Type, Inc.
www.pegtype.com

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