diff --git a/res/css/views/elements/_RichText.scss b/res/css/views/elements/_RichText.scss
index e35f4d60f4..0847aa7c9b 100644
--- a/res/css/views/elements/_RichText.scss
+++ b/res/css/views/elements/_RichText.scss
@@ -79,6 +79,11 @@
 
 .mx_Markdown_ITALIC {
     font-style: italic;
+
+    // compensate for Nunito italics being terrible
+    // https://github.com/google/fonts/issues/1726
+    transform: skewX(-14deg);
+    display: inline-block;
 }
 
 .mx_Markdown_CODE {
diff --git a/res/css/views/rooms/_EventTile.scss b/res/css/views/rooms/_EventTile.scss
index 6b22c4fe66..7fb6812c79 100644
--- a/res/css/views/rooms/_EventTile.scss
+++ b/res/css/views/rooms/_EventTile.scss
@@ -453,6 +453,13 @@ limitations under the License.
     display: inline ! important;
 }
 
+// compensate for Nunito italics being terrible
+// https://github.com/google/fonts/issues/1726
+.mx_EventTile_content .markdown-body em {
+    transform: skewX(-14deg);
+    display: inline-block;
+}
+
 /* end of overrides */
 
 .mx_MatrixChat_useCompactLayout {