Exporting to PDF, less than optimal font rendering...

Font doesn't display as sharp in pdf as it does in source InDesign file. See sample and pixilation of text edges. I am viewing on my iMac Retina, and also on MBP retina, and it's the same either way.
Yes, I am exporting with "Print" settings, and tried both "High-quality" and "Press" options. No difference in how text looks in resulting pdf.
Yes, I have already looked at settings and have unchecked the box for "Compress text and line art". Nada.
Yes, I even did an experiment where I converted text to outlines so it's not a font, but outline artwork. No avail.
Again, look at sample – I zoomed in 600% on pdf file, and took a screen sample. While the pixelation is subtle, it is there. And furthermore, there is no such degradation of text when viewing it in InDesign at any scale.
Please advise.

Depends on the monitor I suppose. LCDs usually smooth better than CRTs.
I tried it with Futura at 2400% and it seems fine. But I am on Windows and do not have a high-res monitor.
I know there are settings in Acrobat's Preferences that depending upon the monitor/card are accessible in Acrobat that affect the smoothing of fonts on-screen. Those settings are disabled on this laptop.

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