No the count does not seem to work on *SOME* forums, same as it has been.
Also I see that the "squished" look is the actual new look Twitter is using. Even using the default code at:
http://twitter.com/about/resources/buttons#tweet - the button looks exactly the same if you uncheck the "Show Count" box- so I don't think there is anything I can do to fix the look- it is how Twitter intends to make it look.