Font in qt 4.5 cause eye-strain.

Hello,
I noticed that the font in QT applications look very different. They seem to ignore the hinting set in the GNOME Appearance utility. Here is a screenshot to compare the the two. Notice how the fonts in the QT4 application look very green/red. Also, the fonts are more pixelated.
Link to screenshot (Warning : WSXGA+ Resolution Image) : http://img16.imageshack.us/img16/5605/fontk.png
So how is font hinting tuned in QT applications. There is nothing realting to such thing in the fonts tab of qtconfig.
Thanks

killajoe wrote:
your fonts in qt are wonderfull! believe me look at mine:
http://kamprad.net/killajoe/img/qt4-qt3.png
left qtconfig right qt3config...
You have by chance enabled subpixel rendering? There were several thread already about this rendering problem.

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