With XFT support, GnuEmacs is able to use anti-aliased fonts in the X11 UI since version 23.1. Note that GnuEmacs already supported anti-aliased fonts for the Carbon and W32 UIs before. StatusXft support is included and enabled by default since emacs 23.1. GNU Emacs 23release - Emacs 23.xftp://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/emacs/http://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/emacs/Ubuntu PackagesHardy, Intrepid, JauntyFor 2008