diff -r 93b982ccede2 -r 5daf16870df6 src/gui/text/qfont.cpp
--- a/src/gui/text/qfont.cpp	Mon Jun 21 22:38:13 2010 +0100
+++ b/src/gui/text/qfont.cpp	Thu Jul 22 16:41:55 2010 +0100
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@
 #endif
 #endif
 #ifdef Q_OS_SYMBIAN
-#include "qt_s60_p.h"
+#include <private/qt_s60_p.h>
 #endif
 
 #include <QMutexLocker>
@@ -805,6 +805,9 @@
         resolve_mask |= QFont::WeightResolved | QFont::StyleResolved;
     }
 
+    if (italic)
+        resolve_mask |= QFont::StyleResolved;
+
     d->request.family = family;
     d->request.pointSize = qreal(pointSize);
     d->request.pixelSize = -1;
@@ -1286,9 +1289,11 @@
     \value PreferAntialias antialias if possible.
     \value OpenGLCompatible forces the use of OpenGL compatible
            fonts.
-    \value NoFontMerging If a font does not contain a character requested
-           to draw then Qt automatically chooses a similar looking for that contains
-           the character. This flag disables this feature.
+    \value NoFontMerging If the font selected for a certain writing system
+           does not contain a character requested to draw, then Qt automatically chooses a similar
+           looking font that contains the character. The NoFontMerging flag disables this feature.
+           Please note that enabling this flag will not prevent Qt from automatically picking a
+           suitable font when the selected font does not support the writing system of the text.
 
     Any of these may be OR-ed with one of these flags:
 
@@ -1297,6 +1302,8 @@
     \value PreferQuality prefer the best quality font. The font matcher
            will use the nearest standard point size that the font
            supports.
+    \value ForceIntegerMetrics forces the use of integer values in font engines that support fractional
+           font metrics.
 */
 
 /*!
@@ -2612,10 +2619,8 @@
     } QT_CATCH (const std::bad_alloc &) {
         // no cache - just ignore
     }
-    if (cache && cache->hasLocalData()) {
-        cache->localData()->clear();
+    if (cache && cache->hasLocalData())
         cache->setLocalData(0);
-        }
 }
 #endif // QT_NO_THREAD
 
@@ -2627,6 +2632,7 @@
 
 QFontCache::~QFontCache()
 {
+    clear();
     {
         EngineDataCache::ConstIterator it = engineDataCache.constBegin(),
                                  end = engineDataCache.constEnd();