Firefox 8 font looks wet

Version 3 is fine so it cant be my Graphics card or Pc. updated graphics, soon as i go to version 7-8 writing looks like a wet ink pen and makes my eyes go funny . Help???

Can you attach a screenshot?
*http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Screenshot
Use a compressed image type like PNG or JPG to save the screenshot and make sure that you do not exceed the maximum file size (1 MB).
*Anti-Aliasing Tuner: https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/anti-aliasing-tuner/

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== a few months ago

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Can you attach a screenshot?
*http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Screenshot
*https://support.mozilla.org/kb/how-do-i-create-screenshot-my-problem
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