IE 9 does not use sub-pixel antialiasing under certain conditions

Question

[Original title: IE 9 text renders very poorly; is there a workaround?)

IE 9 is rendering the text in my application very poorly. The problem is not in my

Answer 1

The only way I can make the fonts look good is to fall back to IE8 functionality via:

The Microsoft update http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2545698 had already been installed, and I already use font-size: 11px;

The opacity:.9999 solution was better then nothing, but not as good as what the IE8 mode shows.