No truetype font will replace a pixel perfect bitmapped font. Not until we have displays with ridiculous dpi. And until that happens you can't beat terminus as it's perfect.
Yes, I know it's meant for print, but people here mention it in the context of using it on the screen as well.
I'm afraid you have been misinformed. The perfect bitmap font is the famous 6x13 xterm font from X-Windows. This is a simple statement of incontrovertible fact.
That's not even close to the pixel density of the MBP Retina, or the new 1080p 11" IPS screens.
And given that I paid as much for my T61 a couple years ago as I could've paid for a decent MBP and the screen made my eyes bleed, I'm willing to be the 1600x1200 display was not that great.
Yes, I know it's meant for print, but people here mention it in the context of using it on the screen as well.