[oooyay]

You would need to select a font that supports FreeType instead of ClearType. Here's a good thread on it: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31528605

Anecdotally, I use PopOS as my daily driver and the fonts and DE are beautiful. I prefer it to the Mac workstation I use for work. When I flip my KVM I'm often reminded of the contrast. I use open source ligature enabled FreeType fonts and they are all exceedingly sharp.

http://freetype.org/