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Fonts like Consolas or Inconsolata are designed to be used with subpixel rendering, that's why they look all jacked up without it.

If subpixel rendering hurts your eyes, you probably need to tune it to your monitor.

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Years ago, I remember doing a terrific amount of whining about how sub-pixel font rendering was blurry and pointless. But really it's simply a matter of adjusting to the benefits.

Anyway, I'm using 'Consolas' on Windows and 'Menlo' on Mac and am happy with both.

I second the recommendation to tune the subpixel rendering using your OS's wizard. Both Windows 7 and Ubuntu 9.10 make this very easy. The difference is very apparent and worth it.

They look much better with sub-pixel rendering but thanks to different sub-pixel geometries taking a screenshot doesn't really work.

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