Firefox / Camino problem

Here's a problem I'm having - same thing on both these browsers.
I have website that should be using Verdana for its text. There used to be no problem. But after editing the homepage the other day, its no longer showing as Verdana, but another font instead. On Internet Explorer it's fine ... but not on either of these other browsers - which I would much prefer to use. Technical support at the firm whuich runs the site tells me it is set to Verdana. Source code seems to support this. He suggested I empty the cache and reboot: have done this with Camino but no good (and I dont know how to do it in Firefox).
The website is www.thecheeseshed.com and the problem relates to the main block of text in the middle of the homepage.
Can anybody help me get Verdana back?
G5 Mac OS X (10.4.8)
G5 Mac OS X (10.4.8)

Ah Ian, you should not have posted that link!
Now I'm sitting here in Australia salivating over the idea of a nice piece of Duckett's Caerphilly, Diana Smart's Double Gloucester, or a slice of Westcombe Red, with no means of satiation because of distance and our awful cheese import laws!
Cruel, very cruel! Makes me feel like John Cleese in the famous cheese shop with no cheese sketch! Clearly I'll have to "reverse migrate".
The site seems to work fine in Safari, by the way. My guess is that JMEH (Rick) has the correct answer. BB's approach works for someone who has their default font set to Verdana, but not for other users of these browsers.
Cheers
Rod

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