IE8 font goes bold when using .fadeto and .hover

IE8 font goes bold when using .fadeto and .hover

Hi,

Hope someone can help. Been using jQuery for a short while now and I have stumbled upon what might as well be an IE8 bug. When I apply the following to a typical <ul> or <li> or even <a>:

  1. jQuery(document).ready(function(){
  2.             jQuery("#menu").fadeTo("slow", 0.5);
  3.             jQuery("#menu").hover(function(){
  4.                 jQuery(this).fadeTo("slow", 1.0);
  5.                 },function(){
  6.                 jQuery(this).fadeTo("slow", 0.5);
  7.             });
  8. });


The font weight seems to go bold (not standard bold but some weight gets added)... it only happens in IE8 not in FF, Opera, or even Safari.

I checked my CSS and event went without it... still the same effect regardless of font used. I'm wondering if someone can confirm this and/or knows of a fix that I've missed.

Thanks in advance.
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