Odd font rendering in IE 8 after update

I'm wondering if Tuesday night's IE security update KB3021952 might have messed the way IE displays text on websites.
When I log into our web-based E-Mail client, SmarterMail, the font looks smaller than usual, and is harder to read. Even making it large. Some letters seem randomly bold, and the letters are all slightly distorted.
This is on Windows Server 2008 64-bit Standard, SP2 and Internet Explorer 8.
I am not seeing the issue in IE11. I am also not seeing it in IE10, or in IE10 with browser mode set to IE8.
Zoom and font settings have not changed.
I get the same effect on major websites such as Google.

Ah thanks for linking that Robear, noticed this bit:
After you install security update 3013455, you may notice some text quality degradation in certain scenarios. The problem occurs on computers that are running the following operating systems:
Windows Server 2008 SP2
Windows Server 2003 SP2
Windows Vista SP2
Microsoft is researching this problem and will post more information in this article when the information becomes available.
I may simply uninstall this update until Microsoft resolves the issue.
Assuming you edited your first post above and replaced Windows Server 2008 64-bit...SP1 with
Windows Server 2008 64-bit...SP2, yes, see if uninstalling KB3013455 resolves the behavior.
PS: When you say "I have tried updating from IE8 to 9, but it hasn't worked," do you mean that IE9 failed to install or installing IE9 didn't correct the fonts issue?
~Robear Dyer (PA Bear) MS MVP-Windows Client since 2002 Disclaimer: MS MVPs neither represent nor work for Microsoft

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