italic font size

Hi I have encountererd something quite bizzare: italic fonts tend to be larger than the normal ones: if i set: Emacs.default.attributeFont: -*-courier-medium-r-*-*-*-120-*-*-*-*-*-* italics are larger than 160. if i set it to 100, italics are still larger even then 120. If i set: Emacs.default.attributeFont: -*-courier-medium-r-*-*-*-120-*-*-*-*-*-* Emacs.italic.attributeFont: -*-courier-medium-r-*-*-*-120-*-*-*-*-*-* all goes fine, till i use info: the info node face, whice is bold italic, goes again larger than should be... :( anyone see something like that? my "installation": uname -a: SunOS corvette 5.5 Generic_103093-14 sun4m sparc SUNW,SPARCstation-5 ./configure '--gung-ho' '--prefix=/users/98/maths/pezz/local' '--debug=no' '--error-checking=none' '--memory-usage-stats=no' '--dynamic=yes' '--with-clash-detection' XEmacs 21.0-b67 "20 minutes to Nikko" configured for `sparc-sun-solaris2.5'. Where should the build process find the source code? /users/98/maths/pezz/private/build/xemacs-21.0.67 What installation prefix should install use? /users/98/maths/pezz/local What operating system and machine description files should XEmacs use? `s/sol2.h' and `m/sparc.h' What compiler should XEmacs be built with? gcc -g -O3 -Wall -Wno-switch Should XEmacs use the GNU version of malloc? yes Should XEmacs use the relocating allocator for buffers? yes What window system should XEmacs use? x11 Where do we find X Windows header files? /usr/dt/include /usr/X11R6/include Where do we find X Windows libraries? /usr/dt/lib /usr/X11R6/lib Runtime library search path: /usr/dt/lib:/usr/X11R6/lib:/usr/local/lib Compiling in support for XAUTH. Compiling in support for XPM images. Compiling in support for PNG image handling. Compiling in support for (builtin) GIF image handling. Compiling in support for JPEG image handling. Compiling in support for TIFF image handling. Compiling in native sound support. Compiling in support for GNU DBM. Compiling in support for ToolTalk. Compiling in support for proper session-management. Using Lucid menubars. Using Lucid scrollbars. Using Motif dialog boxes. Compiling in DLL support. Clash detection will use "${statedir}/${PROGNAME}/lock" for locking files. movemail will use "dot-locking" for locking mail spool files. Using Lisp_Objects with minimal tagbits. Using indexed lrecord implementation. thanks, -- Itaï Ben-Yaacov Ecole Normale Superieure 45, Rue d'Ulm Paris 75005 Tel.: +33-(0)155421487 Email: pezz(a)ens.fr