I know it's a different issue, but worth referencing here: in the same area (blurry fonts regression under 17.10) I noticed significant improvement using Freetype 2.8.1 as described in bug #1722508.
I know it's a different issue, but worth referencing here: in the same area (blurry fonts regression under 17.10) I noticed significant improvement using Freetype 2.8.1 as described in bug #1722508.