Italic font rendering issue in Ubuntu 11 04

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In Ubuntu 11.04 I had to install ttf-dejavu-extra fonts for rendering italic fonts properly

$ sudo apt-get install ttf-dejavu-extra

This helped me find the solution - http://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/886261

After installing it is now rendering italic characters properly :)

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