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FF4 renders websites that uses "HelveticaNeue" in their CSS as very bold fonts, that nobody can read any more

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fourteeneleven
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Since I have upgraded to FF4 some websites shows fonts very unsharp and very, very bold, so that they can hardly been read.

Screenshots: http://i55.tinypic.com/346uj28.jpg

or http://i53.tinypic.com/2z3qcys.jpg

I have checked this with Firebug and I have discovered, that this is only at websites, that have in their CSS-styles the font "HelveticaNeue".

Also the mozilla AddOn page uses this font and cannot been read, because of such very bold, unsharp fonts.

I have changed my settings in FF (about:config) of

gfx.direct2d.disabled

to "true", but this hasn't any effect at all to those websites and fonts.

All these websites like shown in the screenshots above, worked fine in FF 3.3.16, no font problems. These problems come with upgrade to FF4.

I use Windows 7 SP1, an ATI-Radeon graphic card.

Since I have upgraded to FF4 some websites shows fonts very unsharp and very, very bold, so that they can hardly been read. Screenshots: http://i55.tinypic.com/346uj28.jpg or http://i53.tinypic.com/2z3qcys.jpg I have checked this with Firebug and I have discovered, that this is only at websites, that have in their CSS-styles the font "HelveticaNeue". Also the mozilla AddOn page uses this font and cannot been read, because of such very bold, unsharp fonts. I have changed my settings in FF (about:config) of gfx.direct2d.disabled to "true", but this hasn't any effect at all to those websites and fonts. All these websites like shown in the screenshots above, worked fine in FF 3.3.16, no font problems. These problems come with upgrade to FF4. I use Windows 7 SP1, an ATI-Radeon graphic card.