When we had public bitmap fonts working, i created this mod to make it easier on me to see the text in game. Originally i found bitmaps less laggy, but had a problem with the size/brightness making them difficult to read in a lot of areas. I also removed the transparency effects, which cut the file size in half. You may or may not notice a change in your lag with this, and i've not thoroughly tested this in absolutely every area, so you may have trouble with some text in random spots.
That said, here's the link and i'd appreciate comments on how much of an impact it actually has for you in game. (both legibility and lag wise)
http://www.mediafire.com/?io2b5o37tbzxst9Typical install method. Pull out the files, place in data folder. Use something such as data packer to read the data folder.
Notes: Please pay attention only to the brightness/contrast of the fonts here. Yes, i am using other mods, but they're not included in this post. Most the stuff on my FL was hid for privacy, one name was someone who can easily be looked up on mabimods, the other i simply used as a display example. Neither took part in the creation of this mod.