Italics in PDF output issue

I am developing a report in Reports 6i on linux. The report generates a PDF output file, which is opened using Acrobat 7.0. I have made text italic at several points in the report, and the italic text shows up correctly in the previewer. However, when viewing the output in Acrobat, the italics slant to the left instead of the right (no matter what font I use). If I copy the italic text from the PDF and paste it into MS Word, it shows up correctly. Does anyone have an idea as to why Acrobat would display the italics incorrectly (and what can I do about it)? Thanks.

Hello, I am having the same issue on IBM AIX. Italic text is slanted to the left instead of the right and all the config I tried with the fonts setup do not work.
1) I installed the fonts on the report server.
2) I followed the Oracle doc on http://download-uk.oracle.com/docs/cd/B13597_05/bf.904/b13673/pbr_font.htm to no avail.
Hope someone has found a solution.
Thanks.

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