Ubuntu-like fonts in the system

Hello everyone!
I've recently installed and setup Arch and am already loving it with all the customization it can offer. The only thing I currently don't like is fonts. I've been using Ubuntu in the last 3 years approximately and admit it, got used to it pretty much. Google search results for example look kinda ugly for me now. I've read a lot of similar threads here, but didn't really find an answer. Sure, applying a good fontconfig helped a bit and fonts do look better, but it's still not really what I exactly would like to have.
My specs:
Old laptop: 1366x768 resolution (15.6"), Radeon proprietary drivers, Ubuntu 13.10 (yeah, had bad experience with updating and just didn't get to it, shame on me!), no extra font setup.
New laptop: 1920x1080 resolution (15.6"), Intel i915 driver, Gnome 3.14, default example fontconfig from Wiki page (this made it look a bit better). I also installed ttf-ubuntu-font-family, to no avail.
Some other information: In gnome-tweak-tool I set font scaling factor to 1.1, this also made stuff a bit better. I use Firefox and had to set layout.css.devPixelsPerPx to 1.3 to have bigger overall look. It's the same in Ubuntu with Firefox, text is small, but this "tweak" fixes it, so it's not a real problem. It's good in Win8.1 by default though.
Based on what I read this is not just a one-sider problem I think, I mean DPI, resolution, font rendering, the actual font, scaling, etc. might too play a role in here. Since I have no fonts, DPI and similar stuff experience, I don't even no where to start looking into this. What could be the problem? If you need any more information, please ask.
Thanks in advance!

brebs wrote:
So check it, e.g.:
$ xdpyinfo | grep -B1 dot
dimensions: 1920x1080 pixels (406x229 millimeters)
resolution: 120x120 dots per inch
Read the Infinality threads, for tons of info.
Thanks for the suggestion! Now playing with this, found some interesting stuff. By default, even if I set DisplaySize to correct ones in /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/90-monitor.conf, it shows 96 dpi and some weird 508x286 mms if started with GDM (both in Gnome and XFCE4). Now if I start gnome(/xfce4)-session in .xinitrc and use startx, it reads 142 fine in XFCE4, but not in Gnome. Xft.dpi setting also seem to be totally ignored by Gnome, but not in XFCE4 if I don't use custom setting.
Edit: Same applies for awesome, if started from GDM, it totally ignores my settings.
Last edited by Adam77Root (2014-12-21 11:42:20)

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