Firefox 3 has introduced a new behavior in which line-height, when unset, differs from how other browsers render it. Thus, a critical section maybe render too high in that b
You CAN solve this:
Set line height to 1, then zero in your text using padding-top and padding-bottom, and set height to auto.
.zeroed_in_element { padding: 4px 2px 5px 2px; height: auto; line-height: 1; }