Created attachment 141731 [details]
Ambiguous where the cursor actually is when inside italic text

I originally discovered this while working on a composition in Writer 5.3.4.2, but it is still present in 5.4.6.2 and probably applies outside of Writer as well.

When document text is italic, under certain conditions it can become ambiguous where the cursor actually *is* within the text. See attachment for the example that affects me currently -- due to the displayed size of the text here, it is ambiguous whether the cursor is located before or after the space between two words. (For comparison, at a higher zoom level there is absolutely no doubt.)

Although this is literally a cosmetic issue, it's surprisingly intrusive to my workflow -- i.e. every time I move the cursor somewhere and start editing, I belatedly realize the cursor was one character off from "where it should be" and likewise was whatever edit I juts made. I have to stop, go back, and make a fix.

This could be alleviated if the cursor is displayed using the same angle (normal or italic) as the surrounding text.