IWeb 09 + Snow Leopard = Character Spacing / Tracking Disaster!

I have a big problem. Upgraded to Snow Leopard, all went fine... but now much of the text in my iWeb 09 pages are all bunched on top of each other, where they looked fine before. This is primarily a problem with title text, and happens with all new text as well. It seems like at a standard size font, the letters are just a little too close together. But as you increase the size of the font... the letters do not get any more space between them, so the larger titles look like just a pile of letters on top of each other, and are completely and 100% unreadable.
I have tried using the "Character Spacing" slider in Inspector and it literally does nothing, I have tried using the "Loosen Tracking" option in the Format\Font menu and it similarly does nothing at all. I have tried switching fonts and have tried starting new text boxes, and nothing has any effect whatsoever.
I cannot update any of my sites until this gets resolved. Can anybody help?
Screenshot here: http://img22.yfrog.com/i/exampletrackingproblemi.tif/

Try quitting iWeb. deleting the preference file - Home Folder/Library/Preferences/com.apple.iWeb.plist, restarting your Mac, running Disk Utility to repair permissions and then relaunching the application.
iWeb troubleshooting is covered here.....
http://www.iwebformusicians.com/WebMusic/iWebTips.html
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Steve ~ If you're publishing to MobileMe, MobileMe live chat support is now 24/7 — see this announcement. You can also let Apple know via this form:
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