Yay, early birds!

One thing I do with my text, is to specify the size in pixels, rather than points.  Somehow that makes it seem clearer, at least to me.

Another thing you can do is make a copy of the text right behind the original text, but make the copy have a slightly higher stroke width.  Then tweak the color of the stroke until it's right between the textcolor and background color.  This'll smooth it a bit, which can make it easier to read.