You can change the way fonts appear on your screen by modifyng the font rendering settings. Simply right-click on your desktop and select “Change Desktop Background”.
Then select the “Fonts ” tab inside “Appearance Preferences”.
From here you can change the font rendering. Personally I prefer “Subpixel smoothing.” You can try the different options available and see which one you like most.
Fantastic tip! I was getting very annoyed with the look of fonts on ubuntu on my LCD. I wonder why this isn’t turned on by default.
Clarification: I wonder why subpixel smoothing isn’t turned on by default in Ubuntu for LCD displays.