Italics in IE6

The Issue: Italics force their container slightly wider in order to show the overflowing slanting edge of the letter when the container (such as an <em>) does not have a set width.

This happens to break my P.I.E. (Positioning Is Everything) layout.

Happily, this is a well-documented bug at P.I.E.

The Solution: Because I no longer care about IE5, let alone IE5.5, I use this:

<!--[if lte IE 6]>
em, .italics { overflow: hidden; zoom: 1; }
<![endif]-->

Happiness ensues.