I appreciate all the suggestions. Unfortunately I'm not able to try a different font, but I was able to try several different reader Apps on my tablet, and had the same problem no matter which one I used. It also displayed the same way in calibre, so I believe the problem is with the epub version of the file rather than how a font mishandled italics, particularly since it has the same problem with a word that is all capital letters.
Yes, the text is still readable, but it does slow me down if I have to I mentally insert a space between the words.
SteveK
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