diff --git a/extensions/portableLatex/MiKTeX/texmf/tex/latex/arabtex/arabtex.sty b/extensions/portableLatex/MiKTeX/texmf/tex/latex/arabtex/arabtex.sty
index b1d788c6..68082409 100644
--- a/extensions/portableLatex/MiKTeX/texmf/tex/latex/arabtex/arabtex.sty
+++ b/extensions/portableLatex/MiKTeX/texmf/tex/latex/arabtex/arabtex.sty
@@ -548,7 +548,7 @@ This might utterly confuse ArabTeX which is therefore not loaded.^^J
         \csname selectfont\endcsname \tr@ceon }%
 \fi}
 
-\settransfont {\rm \it }% standard font for transliteration
+\settransfont{\rmfamily\itshape}
 
 \long \def \trans@text #1{% check for special cases
 \leavevmode \def \next {\trans@text }%