Why does Chrome render newly declared web fonts in italic by default?

It's not the answer to the question above but I've put work 开发者_如何学GoI've done on this below as a bit of back ground so's not to rub people up the wrong way!

Finally figured out how to stop Chrome rendering newly declared web fonts in italic by default. I'm sure it's something to do with declaring a new web font on block level elements and having various options on your font. You need to reset your font not with font-style:normal; but font-weight:num; as dictated in your font settings (if using Google Fonts). Why it overrides the font style in the first place, I'm all ears!