Hardy - fonts are awful in Firefox

[netron]

I upgraded my laptop from Gutsy to Hardy , and fonts on certain websites are terrible as a result - http://forum.openx.org is a good example.


another is : http://www.w3schools.com/php/php_ref_date.asp

so i did a completely fresh install on a desktop PC, and again, the "ugly" fonts issue came up again. i dont recall Gutsy ever being this bad - so is it more of a Firefox 3 issue?

apt-get installing the msttcorefonts package has rectified the ugly fonts somewhat. why has font rendering gotten so awful in Hardy? there must be a fundemental bug somewhere.

any thoughts anyone?

(i'll post screenshots from the fresh Hardy install in just a sec)