Pages (current v.) will not italicize in some fonts, will in others.

In the 2025 version of Pages, [version 14.4 (7043.0.93)]

why can't I highlight a section of a doc to change it to Italics?

I changed the Font and retyped a line and then selected a word (Italics) and clicked Italics button in the Text column; BUT in the fonts noted below, selecting (highlighting) the word and clicking Italics button DID NOT WORK; it stays in regular typeface -- though I cannot show you here-- Tried to cut and paste it w/o success.

Here are some examples of Fonts I tried, all from the Pages text menu list:

Worked with:

• Arial 13 . It worked.
• And it did work with Helvetica Neue: :
• AND it DOES work with Optima:

Did not work with

• Geneva (selected a word in the sentence I typed, clicked italics button, nothing happened).
• Did NOT work in Tahoma nor MS Reference Sans Serif.

Here is a cut and pasted screen shot of the samples I tried:

Screen shot:

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so my questions are: what the heck?

And is there any logic to this?

And is there something reasonably easy to do about it?

I have some nearsightedness (despite glasses), and would LIKE to use a font that is larger, and modern looking... my favorites are the ones I'd prefer to use Geneva or Tahoma as my default font.

Any help/solutions would be appreciated!

PenaciousH

And happy Thanksgiving to all....