Font issues...only noticing issues on certain websites

This could end up being a Safari issue but I am posting here because I am noticing the problem after I upgraded to Leopard.
Whenever I go to certain websites, instant messenger chats, various video players i.e. Comcast Fan, You Tube, etc. I can barely read the font. I am only noticing this on the items I just listed. I was chatting with a friend in instant messenger and I could barely understand what they were writing because of the font.
At first I thought it was a Comcast Cable internet thing but I am noticing it more and more on other sites. It's the same font too.
So I am trying to see how I can make it a font that I can clearly read and understand.
In the Safari preferences, I selected APPEARANCES to see if I could change anything there. This is what I have it set as currently:
Standard Font = Times New Roman 16
Fixed Font = Courier 13
Default Encoding = Western (ISO Latin 1)
Thanks

Baltwo,
Its not necessarily the size thats the problem its the actual font. It almost looks like Graffiti which is hard to read. I am only seeing this on my desktop. I also have a Macbook pro laptop and everything on those sites I listed looks perfect. I do NOT have leopard on my MBP.

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