How to make fonts look better in Linux

Make or change the ~/.fonts.conf
to (backup an old one first):

The results are amazing on my machine!!
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source:
http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/XOrg_Font_Configuration#Autohint_works_great_but_not_for_my_bold_fonts._How_can_I_turn_it_off_only_for_bold_fonts.3F
and
http://kmandla.wordpress.com/2007/12/27/still-better-font-smoothing