Bold font showing up as outline system wide

At first I thought it was a browser issue.
Certain h1 elements were showing up as outlined when I knew they shouldn't be.
Ex:
http://markgretzinger.com/fontissue/fontissue_browser.png
...but then I noticed it in the dashboard as well:
http://markgretzinger.com/fontissue/fontissue_dash.png
It must be an incorrect system font, right??
How do I identify which one?

Hi digsafe, and a warm welcome to the forums!
How do I identify which one?
Go to that page, then view Source, see which font it's calling out.
I suspect Helvetica of some kind, likely Helvetica Nueue...
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=8220349&#8220349

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