Comment 18 for bug 153521

> - why would the current settings be a source of eye strain?

Viewing habits, not eye-strain. Ok, maybe some people are seated really closely or watch the screen without glasses while having myopia (telescope effect).

> - why would fonts of the same *point* size look worse on screens with a
> higher DPI than on those with lower DPI, when a higher-DPI screen should
> allow for crisper fonts at the same size regardless?

At such a /still/ low dpi for any screen, even >>140dpi, antialiasing is never continuous but a kind of discrete phenomenon. You get jumpy effects. Especially prominent with native hinting. What looks splendid at 12ppi might look kinda color-fringed at 13ppi. Most often there's a sweet spot. Full hinting is not the way to go anyway. That is also why you still get readability for low ppi monospace with slight and not with native/full. Pixel snapping at that low point sizes cannot lead to discernible letters. But with slight you kinda get fully-antialiased, but readable characters.

Does "lcdfilter legacy" work now, BTW? Then what's the big deal here?