I was seeing this too. Downgrading from fontconfig-config 2.5.0-2ubuntu2 (hardy) to 2.4.2-1.2ubuntu4 (gutsy) fixed it.
>does starting firefox with > >export MOZ_DISABLE_PANGO=1 >firefox
>from the command line help?
Nope.
>Do you see the same issue with firefox-3.0 in hardy?
Nope again. Looked fine there. I should note it was also broken in epiphany-browser.
I was seeing this too. Downgrading from fontconfig-config 2.5.0-2ubuntu2 (hardy) to 2.4.2-1.2ubuntu4 (gutsy) fixed it.
>does starting firefox with
>
>export MOZ_DISABLE_PANGO=1
>firefox
>from the command line help?
Nope.
>Do you see the same issue with firefox-3.0 in hardy?
Nope again. Looked fine there. I should note it was also broken in epiphany-browser.