Simple way for smoother font rendering under Arch Linux ARM.

smoother-font-rendering-alarm.txt

# ~/.Xresources

Xft.autohint: 0
Xft.dpi: 96
Xft.antialias: true
Xft.rgba: rgb
Xft.hinting: true
Xft.hintstyle: hintslight
Xft.lcdfilter: lcdlight

# ~/.config/fontconfig/fonts.conf

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<!DOCTYPE fontconfig SYSTEM "fonts.dtd">
<fontconfig>
	<match target="font">
		<edit name="antialias" mode="assign">
			<bool>true</bool>
		</edit>
		<edit name="rgba" mode="assign">
			<const>rgb</const>
		</edit>
		<edit name="hinting" mode="assign">
			<bool>true</bool>
		</edit>
		<edit name="hintstyle" mode="assign">
			<const>hintslight</const>
		</edit>
		<edit name="lcdfilter" mode="assign">
			<const>lcdlight</const>
		</edit>
	</match>
</fontconfig>