Ask HN: Do anti-aliased fonts promote better eye health?

I don't know - I've not heard that before. I always turn off white backgrounds in my IDEs but I've not heard of using anti-aliased fonts.

i've found that black text on a white background is much easier on my eyes than the opposite, at least on the newer, brighter LED LCDs, especially the glossy ones like what ship on current macbooks.

I'm a big fan of Terminus; it proves easy to read and alleviated a lot of eye strain I had been getting.

try Incosolata at 18pt, it's gorgeous, and you can read it from a full arms-length away (how far from the screen you're supposed to be)