[franklekens]

I buy an epub and download it on my computer with Adobe Digital Editions.
I then move it into Calibre, which removes the DRM if there is any (sometimes they just have watermarks).
I then upload it to my Kobo Reader. I have the Kobo Reader Device Interface, the Kobo Touch *and* the Kobo Touch Extended plugin. Probably only need one of them, but they're there now.
In these plugins, the "modify css" option is checked.


Now when I open this epub in ADE, I see the layout more or less as it is printed, with some words in italics (and some in small caps, but it's mainly the italics I'm bothered about).
But when I open it on the Kobo Reader, there are no italics. The letters are plain roman.
Now if I open the same file in Calibre, I don't see italics either. (Plus the font is really weird, but I'll let that slide.)

Is this a Calibre thing?
Is it a device interface plugin thing? Does it have to do with that "modify css"?
Or is it a Kobo Reader thing? Is it just unhappy with italics?

(I don't think it's the latter. I'd have to check, but I think the italics display just fine in some epubs I made myself, with texts of my own.)

MTIA for any help & tips.