I agree ethyl,rc1 fonts are no better for me.
I have made several post regarding the blury fonts, looks like xfce hinting doesnt work to me, tried adding fonts, and other hacks mentioned on forum, but all no good.
Here is something to try. First update your gslapt and get the latest version of freetype should be build 3vl60.tlz. Next go to /etc/fonts/conf.d and remove the symlink to local.conf. Last but not least copy the following code and save as .fonts.conf in your $HOME folder.
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<!DOCTYPE fontconfig SYSTEM "fonts.dtd">
<fontconfig>
<!-- Enable sub-pixel rendering -->
<match target="font" >
<edit mode="assign" name="rgba" >
<const>rgb</const>
</edit>
</match>
<match target="font" >
<edit mode="assign" name="hinting">
<bool>true</bool>
</edit>
</match>
<match target="font" >
<edit mode="assign" name="hintstyle">
<const>hintfull</const>
</edit>
</match>
<match target="font" >
<edit mode="assign" name="antialias">
<bool>true</bool>
</edit>
</match>
<match target="pattern" >
<edit mode="assign" name="autohint">
<bool>true</bool>
</edit>
</match>
<!-- Disable autohint for bold fonts -->
<match target="font">
<test name="weight" compare="more">
<const>medium</const>
</test>
<edit name="autohint" mode="assign">
<bool>false</bool>
</edit>
</match>
<!-- Font Replacement -->
<match target="pattern" name="family" >
<test name="family" qual="any" >
<string>Helvetica</string>
</test>
<edit mode="assign" name="family" >
<string>Bitstream Vera Sans</string>
</edit>
</match>
<!-- Location of local fonts -->
<dir>~/.fonts</dir>
</fontconfig>
Thats it now reboot hopefully things should improve. I find the standard nv driver sucks eggs in the font dept so if we can find a way to build an nvidia driver that you guys need against the 2.6.27.7 kernel that should be a big help too.
Cheers,
Vec