Comment 74 for bug 190848

On a fresh installation, I have just removed the /etc/fonts/conf.d/10-antialias.conf file
and the font appearance in gnome-terminal behaves correctly (hinting and antialiasing )
In fact, the smoothing on small fonts is the main reason that hurts my eyes.
After deeper testing, I notice that the hinting setting in "System -> Appearance Preferences -> Details"
does not affect the gnome-terminal.
So I suggest as other persons to remove all 10-* in /etc/fonts/conf.d

$ cd /etc/fonts/conf.d
$ sudo rm 10-*

I made my testing using the msttfonts (Verdana and Courrier New) and liberation fonts (Sans and Mono) size 10

System -> Appearance Preferences -> Rendering = Monochrome

System -> Appearance Preferences -> Details -> Resolution = 96dpi
System -> Appearance Preferences -> Details -> Smoothing = None
System -> Appearance Preferences -> Details -> Hinting = Full
System -> Appearance Preferences -> Details -> SubPixelOrder = RGB ( not use because Smoothing is None )

See the result in attachment.