Paul Smith wrote:
Thanks to all who answered! The problem was apparently related to 'sub-pixel hinting'; with this option disabled, everything looks fine, even without freetype-freeworld installed. That is strange that my monitor, being a LCD one, renders the fonts better with 'sub-pixel hinting' set off.
This can be an indication that you're using the wrong subpixel order for your screen. Different LCDs have the 3 basic colours in different orders. If you use the wrong hinting for the order you have on your screen things will look worse rather than better.
I can't remember offhand where this is set, but there will be an option to change it.
Simon.
