How to fix fonts in firefox

I have some problems with fonts rendering in Firefox.
First, I use firefox mainly because I need Google Browser Sync, so unfortunately switching to Safari/Camino is not an option.
I installed the Bitstream Vera ttf fonts that I am used to using and configured Firefox to use them by default (at a larger size).
However there are some problems with how it renders them.
First, here you can see the spacing on the link text is bigger than the rest of the text, which sometimes causes links and text to overlap (this looks really bad):
http://robince.ftml.net/slashdot.png
Second, this is the more serious issue - the cursor doesn't follow the text properly in input boxes (starts to get behind where it should be) and deleting characters leaves terrible artifacts as seen here (the last few characters have been deleted):
http://robince.ftml.net/text_input.png
So I appreciate it could be a Firefox issue, but as a new Mac user I thought this would be a good place to turn. I'm thinking maybe I didn't install the fonts properly, or somehow they aren't compatible with OS X. Does anyone know any similar alternatives, or a possible solution to the problem?
Thanks

Hi, thanks for your help.
Maybe Im missing something, but all I can see in the link you sent is that the fonts may be less sharp on Mac... That's fine - I'd still like to use them (and they work fine in my other apps, terminal, editor, mail etc.) The problems Im having with firefox are much more serious than incorrect hinting.
I can increase the size of the font anyway with command + in most apps, it's just I end up having to do it in every window. In any case I get the same problem in the input boxes whether it is set larger by default or whether I have increased the size with command - +. It doesn't seem to happen at smaller sizes though.
I wondered if anyone else had seen these kinds of rendering issues...

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