Ask HN: Do anti-aliased fonts promote better eye health?

[luckyland]

I always disable font anti-aliasing in my text editors and other applications, but I'm curious if there are technical arguments for or against this in terms of what's easier on your eyes.

Without having any way to measure or prove it, I feel my eyes spend more time focusing on anti-aliased fonts.

[ScottWhigham]

I don't know - I've not heard that before. I always turn off white backgrounds in my IDEs but I've not heard of using anti-aliased fonts.

[mattlyon → ScottWhigham]

i've found that black text on a white background is much easier on my eyes than the opposite, at least on the newer, brighter LED LCDs, especially the glossy ones like what ship on current macbooks.

[johngunderman]

I'm a big fan of Terminus; it proves easy to read and alleviated a lot of eye strain I had been getting.

[mattlyon]

try Incosolata at 18pt, it's gorgeous, and you can read it from a full arms-length away (how far from the screen you're supposed to be)