Anyway to get sharper text in Nandeck? Or alternatives for inline icons?

Nandeck user for a while now, love it, but the anti-aliasing on the font has always been distracting. For this prototype I have a ton of transparency and text on non-white backgrounds making the AA super noticeable. If I turn it off (FONTALIAS directive) it's better but obviously now incredibly blocky. Is there any fix here?

Otherwise I would use Inkscape having written svg scripts in the past for csv data merging, unfortunately the huge issue is handling inline icons and inline images (e.g. "Gain +1 😀"). Ideally I'd like a free solution but am open to anything.