Terminal font is not smooth

Question

I am new to Mac, and I am finding that the fonts are not smooth.

Changing the system defaults (defaults write -g AppleFontSmoothing -int 2, "Use LCD font smoothing" checked) do not improve the fonts.

Here is a comparison of rendering in Terminal (above) and EMACS (below), both with Monaco-16.

• How can I fix this?
• Are there other, prettier terminal emulators?

System: MacBook Pro with OS X 10.8.2

Answer 1

Open up the Preferences in Terminal and check "Antialias Text" under the Text tab of the Settings page. This is the page that shows different "Profiles" for your Terminal appearance as well.