[buffaloseven]

I seem to recall way back in the 1.x and 2.x days it was highly recommended to upload TrueType (.ttf) fonts to the /fonts folder for optimal display quality (particularly if you have your device hacked to enable the advanced font controls for side-loaded fonts). I've been playing around with 3.12 and noticed a lot of my fonts not rendering properly. I tried a lot of things to try and improve how they looked but nothing seemed to work.

On a lark, I decided to just remove them all and upload OpenType (.otf) versions of them and voila, all the problems were gone. The fonts render as legibly as the system fonts, either by themselves or with the advanced font control hack installed.

Did something change in the firmware with how fonts were rendered? Was there more going on than just combining the sharpness & weight sliders together?

I guess if you find some of your side-loaded fonts rendering poorly, try using a .otf version of it to see if it fixes the problem.