Text displays on sites like Google Spreadsheets, as well as all PDF documents is transparent, even in Safe mode.

Recently I have noticed a very strange phenomenon in Firefox. I first noticed it in Google Spreadsheets; text does not display in the cells, but does if I bring a specific cell up for editing. I thought this limited to the new Google Spreadsheets, since the old Google Spreadsheets still function normally. It's just the new ones exhibiting this behavior.
However, I quickly noticed that PDF files opened in Firefox exhibit the same behavior. The text is not white; it is totally transparent, like it's not being rendered at all.
HOWEVER, if Firefox is not in focus, AND some text is selected, the text renders in the selection. Shown: http://imgur.com/bWWLvLr
Windows cleartype does not seem to affect this, nor does it seem to be any of my addons; even in safe mode the problem persists.
This problem is not present in Windows Internet Explorer, so it doesn't seem to be my system.
I'd appreciate fixing this problem, as I make frequent use of Google docs.

No, I have not. Firefox text & font options are default. Driver-wise, yes, this is up to date. I should note that in the case of Google Spreadsheets, the text appears briefly before disappearing.
This would have led me to believe it was one of my addons, but the safe mode test dismissed that idea.

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