BUG: text rendering problems after keyboard firmware update

Hey all!
Just letting you know that today, after installing the keyboard/mouse firmware update 1.0, the font rendering in many applications become weird, letters may overlap, see some screenshots:
http://artemio.net/tmp/apple/bug1.png
http://artemio.net/tmp/apple/bug2.png
My system is iMac Intel Core Duo 17", 2 GB RAM, 250 GB HDD, Mac OS 10.4.6.

Just to clarify, that was a software update, not a firmware update. I don't think the keyboard has any resident firmware.
Since this is a new update from Apple, and there have been very few posts about problems after it was installed, (I have seen a couple here) I think that you should call and speak directly with an Apple Customer Service rep. That way Apple knows some have issues with the update and they may have suggestions.
Let us know what they say.

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