non-antialiased font configuration

Hi Freetype,  I've spent about a day trying to make the lower window (Kubuntu 22.04 KDE), look like
the top window (Kubuntu 18.04 KDE).  I can't upgrade until I can get a non-antialised terminal font
that's legible.

window manager fonts, /"Arial"

/terminal font "/liberation mono/"

antialiasing disabled using a dozen different methods, qt5ct, Xresources, /etc/fontconfig/10-antialiasing(false).
interpreter-version=35.  ~/.fonts.conf, ~/.config/fontconfig/fonts.conf.   DPI changes make a slight difference.  92 to 120.

Editing /etc/fonts/conf.d/10-antialias.conf seemed to have the widest reaching impact to the most apps.

<fontconfig>
<!--  Use the Antialiasing -->
   <match target="pattern">
     <edit name="antialias" mode="append"><bool>*false*</bool></edit>
   </match>
</fontconfig>


Are non-antialiased fonts no longer possible and I'm stuck on Ubuntu 18.04?   I compiled freetype 2.8.1 and
dropped that on the newer system, no change, so I suspect it's a configuration change?



*Kubuntu 18.04 (above)
Kubuntu 22.04 (below)
*


thanks for any "hints",

-edfardos