Confirming this is a bug. This is a regression from Dapper. Fonts have become much more unreadable.
** Changed in: firefox (Ubuntu) Status: Rejected => Confirmed -- [edgy Knot-2 CD] firefox's fonts are uglified (not antialiased) https://launchpad.net/bugs/58511 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs