Custom font sometimes renders in italics in IE8 / IE7

Question

In IE7 and IE8, when using a custom web font, text is sometimes rendered in italics, even when I explicitly set font-style: normal. The issue is sporadic - it will

Answer 1

For each of your @font-face font-family names, create a custom name instead.

Example:

@font-face {
    font-family: 'DINnormal';
    src: url('fonts/DINWeb.eot');
    src: url('fonts/DINWeb.eot?#iefix') format('embedded-opentype'),
         url('fonts/DINWeb.woff') format('woff');
    font-weight: normal;
    font-style: normal;
}
@font-face {
    font-family: 'DINbold';
    src: url('fonts/DINWeb-Bold.eot');
    src: url('fonts/DINWeb-Bold.eot?#iefix') format('embedded-opentype'),
         url('fonts/DINWeb-Bold.woff') format('woff');
    font-weight: bold;
    font-style: normal;
}
@font-face {
    font-family: 'DINitalic';
    src: url('fonts/DINWeb-Ita.eot');
    src: url('fonts/DINWeb-Ita.eot?#iefix') format('embedded-opentype'),
         url('fonts/DINWeb-Ita.woff') format('woff');
    font-weight: normal;
    font-style: italic;
}
@font-face {
    font-family: 'DINboldItalic';
    src: url('fonts/DINWeb-BoldIta.eot');
    src: url('fonts/DINWeb-BoldIta.eot?#iefix') format('embedded-opentype'),
         url('fonts/DINWeb-BoldIta.woff') format('woff');
    font-weight: bold;
    font-style: italic;
}

After those CSS rules are defined, then you can include specific CSS rule:

li {
  font: 18px/27px 'DINnormal', Arial, sans-serif;
}