Here's a article that may be able to help you.
http://www.cnx-software.com/2010/02/...edded-systems/

Also, using this htaccess, this can gzip the ttf files for more improvement. Not only should it fix the font issue, it should help to improve your overall pagespeed score as well.
Step by Step guide to speed up your VB4 OR VB3

This is interesting... when I disable all hooks in the config.php file the site runs fast. But, when I go through and disable each plugin individually (Manage Products), the site still runs slow. Any thoughts or suggestions on what I should try next?

You might have Plugins, that are not tagged to a specific product.

How would I find out if this is the case?

Go to the plugin manager, what plugins are not part of a product? or assigned to "vBulletin".

Found it! There was a legacy plugin from an old version of the website that was still enabled. It really slowed down the website. With that off, my load time goes down from over 12 seconds to under 3 seconds. Now I just need to streamline the fonts and that should shed another second or two. Thanks!!

Ouch, and you switched to a dedicated server because the site was slow?

I misunderstood the op. I thought he said the site was slower on the dedicated server.