Firefox font problem

Hello,
I've been experiencing a lot of problems lately regarding Firefox and font rendering. I keep seeing the problem displayed in this image:
http://img61.imageshack.us/img61/5748/firefoxfontap1.png
It appears to happen whenever a font changes on a webpage (such as going from normal text to a url, or going from one font to another). It only appears in Firefox (and sometimes Mozilla Thunderbird). Has anyone else experienced this problem? Any advice on what I should do to fix it?

Hello,
This might be a simple solution. Try trashing this file and see if it makes a difference.
org.mozilla.firefox.plist It's here: /Home/Library/Preferences. Open the Preferences folder, scroll almost down to the bottom of the list, locate that file, drag it to the Trash, empty the Trash and reboot. See if that makes a diff with your fonts in Firefox.
If that doesn't do the trick... launch Firefox. Click Firefox from the Menu, then click Preferences. In the Preferences window click the Content button. At the bottom where it says: Fonts and Colors click the Advanced button. Click the box where it says: Allow pages to choose their own fonts, instead of my selections above. See if that helps...
Carolyn

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