Can the rendering of the JavaFX 2/8 font be improved?

Can the rendering of the JavaFX 2/8 font be improved?

I am using Ubuntu 13.04 and coding an application to display some labels (
using the Label class ). I also tried to use Text class and set the
smoothing type to LCD. The result is the same, the font looks blurry, its
margins are scattered, and you have to set its size to a pretty big number
in order to be readable ( note I have some text paragraph displayed ).
I know JavaFX2 has LCD sub-pixel rendering but still, can something be
done so that the font doesn't look so ugly? ( maybe I'm missing something
for 2.X or don't know of existence of something in 8.X )
Is there any way to check if LCD sub-pixel rendering is active or not?
Regards,