is not a font for glamorous magazine covers or experimental web design. It is a font for reliability . When you absolutely, positively need a bold, slanted character to render correctly whether it is Arabic, Thai, Cyrillic, or a mathematical symbol from Unicode 2.0—this font delivers.
If you love the coverage of but hate its aesthetics, consider these modern alternatives that also support Bold Italic across multiple scripts: arial unicode ms bold italic
While modern alternatives offer better design and smaller file sizes, no single font matches the sheer "set it and forget it" global compatibility of . Mastering its bold italic variant means you will never again fear the blank box where a foreign character should be. is not a font for glamorous magazine covers