Comment 56 for bug 190848

Yes, this became noticeable to me starting from Hardy, I REALLY hate the way it's being done now i.e., setting the rendering settings in gnome appearance doesn't change everything, see https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/vte/+bug/204854.

Here's a workaround for Intrepid 8.10, that seems to work for me;

        <!-- hintnone, hintslight, hintmedium, hintfull -->
        <!-- Keep autohint off -->
        <!-- Blurry fonts: Try rgb, bgr, vrgb, vbgr for "rgba" -->
        <!-- Blurry: http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-p-5060979.html#5060979 -->
        <match target="font">
                <edit name="rgba" mode="assign"><const>rgb</const></edit>
                <edit name="autohint" mode="assign"><bool>false</bool></edit>
                <edit name="antialias" mode="assign"><bool>true</bool></edit>
                <edit name="hinting" mode="assign"><bool>true</bool></edit>
                <edit name="hintstyle" mode="assign"><const>hintfull</const></edit>
        </match>

Having to hunt for a solution like this really time consuming.