Comment Fontconfig manipulation (Score 2, Informative) 178
Try manipulating fontconfig
Add the following to ~/.Xresources or/and ~/.Xdefaults
Xft.hinting:false
Xft.hintstyle:hintnone
This should smooth fonts
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