Date: Mon, 13 May 2013 23:25:38 -0700 (PDT)
To: "www-archive " <www-archive@w3.org>
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>From right to left, using fonts: default (MS Mincho), Meiryo (has italic face!), Kozuka Mincho, HGS Heisei Mincho, Arial (fallback to MS Mincho). The upright Latin glyphs are displayed using full-width codepoints so there is no true italic for these.
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