new monitor --> bad fonts?

[thufir]

My old benq monitor died, forget the model number, so I'm now using a 
Samsung 713N.  However, I notice that fonts no longer display as nicely.

Is it possible that this is a hardware problem with the computer?  Or, is 
it resolution? 

Even nicer, would be just install fonts.  However, everything looked 
nicer on the old monitor, leading me to think it's either a setting, or 
possibly hardware.

I'm on Ubuntu 14.04.


thanks,

Thufir