I use my ~/.fonts.conf to make sure that font renderring will be good no matter what fonts are installed (in fact that does not matter, thing that matters here the most is FONT HINTING) which is also not perfect on your screenshot mate.
Code:
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<!DOCTYPE fontconfig SYSTEM "fonts.dtd">
<fontconfig>
<!-- antialias all fonts -->
<match target="font">
<edit name="antialias" mode="assign"><bool>true</bool></edit>
<edit name="hinting" mode="assign"><bool>true</bool></edit>
<edit name="hintstyle" mode="assign"><int>2</int></edit>
<edit name="dpi" mode="assign"><double>75</double></edit>
</match>
<!-- replace these with a better-looking font -->
<match target="pattern" name="family">
<test name="family" qual="any">
<string>Courier</string>
</test>
<edit name="family" mode="assign">
<string>monofur</string>
</edit>
</match>
<!-- replace these with a better-looking font -->
<match target="pattern" name="family">
<test name="family" qual="any">
<string>lucida</string>
<string>arial</string>
<string>helvetica</string>
<string>luxi sans</string>
</test>
<edit name="family" mode="assign">
<string>tahoma</string>
</edit>
</match>
<!-- replace these with a better-looking font -->
<match target="pattern" name="family">
<test name="family" qual="any">
<string>luxi serif</string>
<string>times new roman</string>
<string>times</string>
</test>
<edit name="family" mode="assign">
<string>serif</string>
</edit>
</match>
<!-- disable antialias for TAHOMA:10 (looks like on windows) -->
<match target="font">
<test name="family" qual="any"><string>verdana</string></test>
<test name="weight" compare="less_eq"><const>medium</const></test>
<test name="slant" compare="less_eq"><int>0</int></test>
<test name="pixelsize" compare="less" qual="any"><double>11</double></test>
<test name="pixelsize" compare="more" qual="any"><double> 9</double></test>
<edit mode="assign_replace" name="antialias">
<bool>false</bool>
</edit>
</match>
</fontconfig>
I also have similar settings in
~/.Xdeafults
Code:
Xft.antialias: true
Xft.hinting: true
Xft.hintstyle: 3
Xft.dpi: 75