Font Smoothing, FileMaker Pro 8 and my new MBP 17

I have a Filemaker database I designed with white text on dark blue background and other dark colors. When OS X first introduced font smoothing the white was no longer solid but kind of disappeared into the background. The white color was uneven. Playing with Tinker Tool (I think) brought it back.
On my previous laptop 17" the white text was always solid and clear and I never messed with Tinker Tool. Maybe it was an OS X update but I didn't have the problem ever on that machine.
Today I got a new MBP 17". There it is again, kind of fuzzy and hard to read. White on black is fine of course. But once again my white text is hard to read. Can anyone explain this or help me get back to the clarity I had? The title line is 18 pt. so it is not a matter of shutting off font smoothing which only allows up to 12. And actually, that changes the black on white without affecting the white on blue. Thank you someone..

Actually, you can see something of what I'm talking about in iTunes. If you move the highlight line down over song names the masking or lightening of text inside the blue highlight color is different than before. Is there a setting I am missing? I have it set for "Best for LCD" which is what I had previously.
Perhaps the video card is doing things differently? Anyone noticing this?

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