diff --git a/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-2305.section.md b/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-2305.section.md
index d80d3556e377..082c03a69e3c 100644
--- a/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-2305.section.md
+++ b/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-2305.section.md
@@ -238,6 +238,11 @@ In addition to numerous new and upgraded packages, this release has the followin
     [headscale's example configuration](https://github.com/juanfont/headscale/blob/main/config-example.yaml)
     can be directly written as attribute-set in Nix within this option.
 
+- `hardware.video.hidpi` now provides defaults that are consistent with `fontconfig`'s documentation:
+  - antialiasing and font hinting are disabled, as they have no visible effects at high pixel densities;
+  - subpixel order isn't set: it was irrelevant with the above disabled, and the module *cannot* know the correct
+    setting for the user's screen.
+
 - `nixos/lib/make-disk-image.nix` can now mutate EFI variables, run user-provided EFI firmware or variable templates. This is now extensively documented in the NixOS manual.
 
 - `services.grafana` listens only on localhost by default again. This was changed to upstreams default of `0.0.0.0` by accident in the freeform setting conversion.
diff --git a/nixos/modules/hardware/video/hidpi.nix b/nixos/modules/hardware/video/hidpi.nix
index 8c8f8bc0c265..fe63784e57f5 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/hardware/video/hidpi.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/hardware/video/hidpi.nix
@@ -12,11 +12,12 @@ with lib;
     boot.loader.systemd-boot.consoleMode = mkDefault "1";
 
 
-    # Grayscale anti-aliasing for fonts
-    fonts.fontconfig.antialias = mkDefault true;
-    fonts.fontconfig.subpixel = {
-      rgba = mkDefault "none";
-      lcdfilter = mkDefault "none";
+    # Disable font anti-aliasing, hinting, and sub-pixel rendering by default
+    # See recommendations in fonts/fontconfig.nix
+    fonts.fontconfig = {
+      antialias = mkDefault false;
+      hinting.enable = mkDefault false;
+      subpixel.lcdfilter = mkDefault "none";
     };
 
     # TODO Find reasonable defaults X11 & wayland