The context in the GP post clearly shows a high-dpi screen. So I think a font designed for printers or high-dpi is appropriate for it. Verdana is actually unde

The context in the GP post clearly shows a high-dpi screen. So I think a font designed for printers or high-dpi is appropriate for it. Verdana is actually undersized relative to most fonts. The ascender range is too large, so the baseline is off as well. And as you pointed out, the blue zones are similar to Noto anyway, so that aspect wouldn't affect readability. I think you probably just have a low-res monitor. Noto has no bytecode hinting, so it would fall back to an auto hinter or remain unhinted and wouldn't present with the same sharpness.