diff -ru sw.orig/source/core/txtnode/fntcache.cxx sw/source/core/txtnode/fntcache.cxx
--- sw.orig/source/core/txtnode/fntcache.cxx	2009-12-21 10:33:36.000000000 +0000
+++ sw/source/core/txtnode/fntcache.cxx	2009-12-22 13:34:48.000000000 +0000
@@ -482,6 +482,11 @@
         pScrFont = pPrtFont;
 
         FontMetric aMet = pPrt->GetFontMetric( );
+        //Don't loose "faked" properties of the logical font that don't truly
+        //exist in the physical font metrics which vcl which fake up for us
+        aMet.SetWeight(pScrFont->GetWeight());
+        aMet.SetItalic(pScrFont->GetItalic());
+
         bSymbol = RTL_TEXTENCODING_SYMBOL == aMet.GetCharSet();
 
         if ( USHRT_MAX == nGuessedLeading )
@@ -521,6 +526,11 @@
 
 				pPrt->SetFont( aFnt2 );
 				aMet = pPrt->GetFontMetric( );
+				//Don't loose "faked" properties of the logical font that don't
+				//truly exist in the physical font metrics which vcl which fake
+				//up for us
+				aMet.SetWeight(aFnt2.GetWeight());
+				aMet.SetItalic(aFnt2.GetItalic());
 			}
 
             const XubString aStandardStr( sStandardString,