Font Problem using 8.1.3 on OpenSuSE 10.3

I just installed the rpm AdobeReader_enu-8.1.3-1.i486.rpm that I downloaded from the Adobe web site. After installing it, when I open a PDF I get a pop-up that says:
Cannot find or create the font 'Arial.Italic'. Some characters may not display or print correctly.
I looked for installed Arial fonts and found these:
/usr/share/fonts/truetype/ariali.ttf
/usr/share/fonts/truetype/arial.ttf
/usr/share/fonts/truetype/arialbd.ttf
/usr/share/fonts/truetype/arialbi.ttf
Any thoughts?

I fixed this problem by uninstalling the version downloaded from the web site and installed a version found on a mirror using the SuSE package installer.

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