Why is text so ugly in Acrobat, compared to Preview?

Like the title says: Why is text so ugly in Acrobat? Am I missing a setting somewhere? (You may need to enlarge the images to see the difference.)

The first screenshot shows Preview (left) compared to Acrobat (right):

The next screenshot shows Preview (top) and Acrobat (bottom)

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Correct answer DeanUtian

It looks like anti-aliasing for text is turned off. Anti-aliasing makes text look smooth as described below:
https://helpx.adobe.com/au/photoshop-elements/key-concepts/aliasing-anti-aliasing.html

To turn on anti-aliasing (Acrobat Pro):

Go to Edit > Preferences.
Click on Page Display in the left.
Under Rendering, Smooth Text - change to For Laptop/LCD screens (probably was on None).
Click OK.

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It looks like anti-aliasing for text is turned off. Anti-aliasing makes text look smooth as described below:
https://helpx.adobe.com/au/photoshop-elements/key-concepts/aliasing-anti-aliasing.html

To turn on anti-aliasing (Acrobat Pro):

Go to Edit > Preferences.
Click on Page Display in the left.
Under Rendering, Smooth Text - change to For Laptop/LCD screens (probably was on None).
Click OK.