Compare the italic text at the top of this page:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italic_type
To how it renders on forums:
This article is about the calligraphic and handwriting type. Also see Old Italic alphabet or Italic script
The kerning, or something, is extremely inconsistent and leads to an eyesore.
Edit: I guess I assumed it appeared the same way to everyone. This is how it looks to me, on Firefox and Windows 7:
Also, I guess "nearly unreadable" may be a bit of an exaggeration, this has just been irritating me.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italic_type
To how it renders on forums:
This article is about the calligraphic and handwriting type. Also see Old Italic alphabet or Italic script
The kerning, or something, is extremely inconsistent and leads to an eyesore.
Edit: I guess I assumed it appeared the same way to everyone. This is how it looks to me, on Firefox and Windows 7:
Also, I guess "nearly unreadable" may be a bit of an exaggeration, this has just been irritating me.