I can confirm this 'bug'. I had a closer look and the incriminating font seems
to be 'DejaVu Sans, ExtraLight' (e.g. use memstat |grep fonts). On a laptop I
get in a default configuration (clean dapper, new account, fontconfig default
answers - native, automatic, no bitmap fonts) a very light and fuzzy rendering
(font rendering set to best shape). In case I switch on subpixel-rendering I
get even blurrier and colorfull fonts. I can provide screenshots etc. in case
it is necessary. Best way to confirm this is: 'gnome-font-viewer
fonts:///DejaVu%20Sans%2C%20Ultra-Light'. I have no idea if this is a
fontconfig bug or a quality issue with the font-hinting. Other DejaVu fonts do
not have this issue.
Actually monodevelop is using the following fonts. I think the vera-ones are
probably not intentional too.
132k: /usr/share/fonts/truetype/ttf-dejavu/DejaVuSans-ExtraLight.ttf 11244
144k: /usr/share/fonts/truetype/ttf-dejavu/DejaVuSansMono-Bold.ttf 11244
152k: /usr/share/fonts/truetype/ttf-dejavu/DejaVuSansMono.ttf 11214 11244
196k: /usr/share/fonts/truetype/ttf-dejavu/DejaVuSerif.ttf 8363 11244
68k: /usr/share/fonts/truetype/ttf-bitstream-vera/Vera.ttf 11244
60k: /usr/share/fonts/truetype/ttf-bitstream-vera/VeraBd.ttf 11244
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Fuzzy Font Rendering
https://launchpad.net/bugs/43105
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