Question : firefox and thunderbird displaying text/font funny

this only happens in firefox and thunderbird.

one site I see it lots is on newegg.com

"Computer Hardware Featured Items"
at http://www.newegg.com/Store/Computer.aspx?name=Computer-Hardware
shows up in this funny text.

i do not have these problem in explorer

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image of strange text showing in thunderbird.

Answer : firefox and thunderbird displaying text/font funny

Make sure you have the latest version of FireFox (Help / About - check for version 3.6.8)
If not, download it here http://download.mozilla.org/?product=firefox-3.6.8&os=win&lang=en-US

In Firefox, open Tools / Options
General tab:
Click Manage Add Ons and ensure there are no strange / unneeded add ons installed
Content tab:
Choose Times New Roman
click advanced, choose fonts for Western
check 'Allow pages to choose their own fonts...'
for Default character encoding choose Western (ISO-8859-1)