Blurred font in Yandex browser. Blurred text in Google Chrome
Browser Google Chrome marches victoriously throughout the world. Many millions of users download and install this popular browser.
And everyone wants and, most importantly, can customize it for themselves, make it more convenient. For example, you can change fonts that are installed by default and are unsatisfactory to the user for various reasons. This can be done quickly and easily by following the instructions below.
Font settings
First you need to open your browser and go to settings in Chrome by clicking on the three dots in the right corner of the monitor (in older versions - three horizontal lines or wrench).
In the menu that appears, select the “Settings” section. 
Next, you need to click on “Show additional settings" at the bottom. 
Then a dialog box will open where you will need to select the “Page View” line and the “Customize Fonts” subsection. 
Here you can select both the size and type of font, as well as the encoding, which may be configured incorrectly, which can result in incorrect display pages of some sites. 
Solving the problem of blurry and fuzzy fonts
Unfortunately, when updating Google browser Chrome, developer bugs often pop up. One of these bugs is problems with the correct display of fonts: after installing a later version, they become cloudy and lacking in contrast. But, much to the happiness of Google fans, this can be solved.
Starting from version 52, programmers for some reason removed the function customization font using useful option“DirectWrite Windows”, which perfectly solved the problem of blurry and unclear fonts with one click of a button. Now, unfortunately, this option is no longer available. And although many users demanded to restore this parameter, the developers did not heed them, and version 53 does not have the “DirectWrite Windows” function either. Well, well, Google programmers know better, and we will adapt to the created conditions.
Browser problems
They can present themselves in different ways in the browser. On some OSes the font simply floats, on others shadows appear, and on popular social networks (VKontakte, for example) they can be generally indistinguishable and quite strain the eyesight. For some, the letters look like they were not printed, and also crooked and slanted. All this makes surfing the Internet unpleasant and annoying.
To solve the problem, you should check current version Chroma. You need to type “chrome://help/” into the search engine and press “Enter”. A window will appear with information about the browser version. 
If version 52 or higher, then troubleshooting tips are below. There are only two solutions to the problem:
- change browser, for example, to Firefox. Opera, by the way, has the same engine and similar problems;
- roll back Google Chrome to a version lower than 52 and enable the “DirectWrite” option.
But here the problem arises, where to get the old version. After all, you can only download the latest Chrome on the official website.
Rollback to old version
You will have to follow these steps:
Before uninstalling Google Chrome, you will need to synchronize (if not already done) with Google account to save all your data. To do this, go to “Settings”, click on the “Login to account” button and in the window that appears, click “Other options” - “Create a new account”. 
And following all the prompts, create a Google account and set up synchronization by selecting required parameters, as in the screenshot below. 
When you first start it, you need to type “chrome://flags/” in the address bar and in the window that opens, select the fourth line from the top with the value “Disable DirectWrite Windows” and click the “Enable” button. Then you will need to restart Chrome. After installation old version, don’t forget to turn off updating in your browser, otherwise everything will go down the drain.
Disabling the update
In order to do this, you need to open the folder with the program, by default it is c:\Program Files\Google\Update\ and delete this file: 
Now none Google update Chrome is not in danger. Some people advise deleting registry values, etc. But none of this is needed, deleting GoogleUpdate is quite enough.
Selecting a language in the Chrome browser
At the first Google launch Chrome may also require a language change. This is needed for correct display browser web pages. To adjust the settings, go to the “Settings” – “Show other settings” – “Languages” – “Change language settings” menu. 
A dialog box will appear in which you can select the option to translate pages and the option to check spelling. You need to find a language from the list that will be used, and if it is not there, then add it (button at the bottom left).
In the window on the right, click on the “Display Google Chrome in this language” frame and restart the browser for all changes to take effect. 
In Chrome, you can add or remove languages, sort them one by one according to your taste. If the user uses Windows OS, then it is possible to configure the settings for East Asian languages with complex fonts. It is recommended to add only required languages, because phishing websites may use similar characters to spoof the URL.
If necessary, you can write in Chinese and Hindi in Chrome. To do this, you only need an extension from the Google store - “Chrome extension” and setting the language settings that use complex scripts in Windows.
Today there will be a purely technical post.
So, those of you who bought a laptop with a resolution higher than or equal to 1920 by 1080 have probably already noticed that fonts at this resolution can look extremely small. The solution may be to enable the scaling feature in Windows. For example, I have font enlargement enabled by 160 percent.
But if after such enlargement you launch the browser, you will notice an amazing metamorphosis - all pages, as well as system fonts, will look blurry and enlarged just up to 160 percent (in my case). Those. Not only fonts will float, but also pictures.
For chromium-based browsers (and these are Chrome browsers, Yandex Browser, Amigo, Opera above version 12.17) there is a solution that allows you to return the unstretched display of pages and fonts to their homeland.
This instruction was written and tested on the new Vivaldi browser, created by people from the Opera 12 team. Yes, it no longer works on Presto engine, but tries to preserve the features of the old Opera.
What it looks like:
The screenshot does not reflect the horror of the blur, but believe me, in reality the blur is simply catastrophic. But after applying the tweaks, it’s like a veil falls from your eyes! :)
So here are the instructions themselves (in parentheses are indicated alternative options inputs for other Chromium-based browsers):
Solving the problem of blurry fonts (with scaling enabled in Windows)
The method is equally suitable for any chromiuim-based browser.
So:
1. In the properties of the browser shortcut, after vivaldi.exe (chrome.exe), insert the line:
--high-dpi-support=1 --force-device-scale-factor=1
We get something in the style:
"C:\Vivaldi\Application\vivaldi.exe --high-dpi-support=1 --force-device-scale-factor=1"
2. Go to vivaldi://flags (chrome://flags)
We find:
"
Disable DirectWrite Windows
Shutdown test system DirectWrite font rendering. #disable -direct-write
and press "Turn on", and then restart the browser.
By doing this, we return real scale to fonts and images, and also make them clear and unblurred.
(in relation to Vivaldi): Unfortunately, this will cause the fonts in the browser to become very small. For increase system fonts- for example, in the tabs, menu, open the common.css file (for me it is located at: c:\Vivaldi\Application\1.0.162.4\resource es\vivaldi\style) and replace the line:
font-size:11.5px
for example per line
font-size:15.5px
To change fonts on web pages, entervivaldi://chrome/settings/fonts (chrome://settings/fonts), select " Download extension for customizing fonts". (for other browsers, setting fonts is possible without downloading the extension, but in the extension the fonts can be configured in more detail)
This is the extension we are talking about:
chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/advanc. ..keecicepbmbm/related
After installing the extension, go to the address:
chrome-extension://caclkomlalccbpcdllchk eecicepbmbm/options.html
and customize the fonts for yourself.
z.y. By the way, if you use the portable version of Chrome, then the launch parameters can be specified in the ini file GoogleChromePortable.ini, which must be created in the same folder where GoogleChromePortable.exe is located.
Contents of the GoogleChromePortable.ini file:
And if you want it to be portable Chrome version opened all web links from other programs, then replace the value of the parameter in the registry
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\ChromeHTML\shell\open\c ommand
"GoogleChromePortable\App\Chrome-bin\chr ome.exe"
on
"GoogleChromePortable\GoogleChromePortab le.exe"
Agree, it’s almost impossible to work when all the characters on the screen are blurry and ripple. I know firsthand this problem and the pain in the eyes when long work on a computer with this text. Unfortunately, no one is immune from this and, I hope, thanks to this article, we will be able to “overcome” blurry font.
Problem blurry font“Ten” users did not pass by. This is usually encountered when updating operating system.
Before we start looking at ways to fix blurry font, I would like to add something. Perhaps the problem is not in the operating system and everything is much simpler. Before you start performing the operations below, we strongly recommend that you check whether the screen resolution on your computer is set correctly. There is a possibility that the reason for the blurry font is a mismatch between the resolution of your monitor and the operating system. Have you checked? Has the blurry font disappeared? Then let's begin.
Typically, blurry font appears as a result of applying an incorrect scale. There are two ways to fix this problem: by changing the scale for an individual application or for the system as a whole.
Fix blurry fonts in apps in Windows 10
If the font is blurred not in your system, but in one or more programs, then this method is for you. With the help of the steps below you will get rid of ripple letters whether it is Skype or Windows Player Media.
Click right click click on the shortcut of the program you are interested in, go to “Properties”, then select the “Compatibility” tab.
Check the box to disable image scaling when high resolution screen, click OK. 
Fixing blurry fonts in Windows 10
If the font is blurry throughout the system, then the above method will not suit you. Fortunately, there are several ways to eliminate blurry fonts in Windows 10 in general.
In this method we will reduce the number of dots per inch (dpi), this is not as difficult as it seems.
If you don't like the result of the work done above, there is another option. Its essence is that we are returning scaling methods from Windows 7 and Windows 8 to Windows 10. Sometimes this gives much more best result than with standard settings.
Ready! All that remains is to reboot the system and enjoy the absence of headaches after working at a computer with blurry characters.
How to fix blurry fonts in Windows 7
Everyone's favorite "seven" can also become a victim of blurry font. The root of the problem is the “crooked” ClearType font smoothing, which is used everywhere in Windows 7, even where it is not particularly needed. It would be possible to simply disable ClearType, but, unfortunately, this is not always enough.
To solve the problem, you can use several methods:
Disable ClearType Antialiasing
The first two methods are very easy to implement. To disable antialiasing, follow these steps:
This completes the first method of eliminating blurry font.
"XP style scale"
The second method is as simple as the previous one.
We follow the same steps as above until step 1.4. and go to the “Screen” menu. There we select the item “Other font size (dots per inch)”.
A kind of ruler will appear on which we correct the scale to 100% and check the box “Use scales in Windows style XP". 
Old fonts
The last method will seem more difficult for an inexperienced user, but we can handle it.
The essence of this method is to use old fonts; for this we will have to make changes to the registry, but first things first.
The first thing you need to do is create a file with the .reg extension and copy the code below into it.
"CaptionFont"=hex:f5,ff,ff,ff,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,bc,02,00,00,\
"IconFont"=hex:f5,ff,ff,ff,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,90,01,00,00,00,\
,00,00,00,00,\
00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00
"MenuFont"=hex:f5,ff,ff,ff,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,90,01,00,00,00,\
00,00,01,00,00,00,00,54,00,61,00,68,00,6f,00,6d,00,61,00,00,00,00,00,00,00, \
00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,\
00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00
"MessageFont"=hex:f5,ff,ff,ff,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,90,01,00,00,\
00,00,00,01,00,00,00,00,54,00,61,00,68,00,6f,00,6d,00,61,00,00,00,00,00,00, \
00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,\
00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00
"SmCaptionFont"=hex:f5,ff,ff,ff,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,bc,02,00,\
00,00,00,00,01,00,00,00,00,54,00,61,00,68,00,6f,00,6d,00,61,00,00,00,00,00, \
00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,\
00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00
"StatusFont"=hex:f5,ff,ff,ff,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,90,01,00,00,\
00,00,00,01,00,00,00,00,54,00,61,00,68,00,6f,00,6d,00,61,00,00,00,00,00,00, \
00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,\
00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00
Periodically, after updating the Chrome browser, users had problems with the font: it became soapy, fuzzy, blurry, etc. Up to version 51 inclusive, this problem was easily solved, but updating to version 52 brought a big surprise to all browser users...
In version 52.0.2743.82, which was released on July 21, 2016, the developers decided to remove the ability to customize appearance font through the experimental option “Disable DirectWrite Windows”, which just helped in case of blurriness and fuzziness. There is no DirectWrite option now.
How to explain such a step is absolutely unclear, but on the forums, including official forum Google, great amount angry reviews with requests and even demands to return everything back.
At the time of writing, August 6, we already have the next version Chrome browser(52.0.2743.116), but nothing has changed. Apparently the developers know better what font more convenient for users and they should not be given freedom of choice...
What problems may occur in the browser?
A problem with fonts can manifest itself in different ways. For some, the font is simply blurry and unclear. Someone bold font has a shadow or is not at all different from normal:
Someone has problems with the display of the font on the VKontakte website: it is cloudy, completely unreadable, cuts and strains the eyes. Example:
Someone has all letters instead of black gray, barely visible on a white background:
And some users experience complete nonsense and horror: the fonts are broken and look crooked:
How to solve the problem with fonts in Google Chrome and return them to a readable state?
First, check the current version of your browser. Enter in address bar chrome://help/ and press enter. The “about the program” page will open.
If Chrome version is 51 and lower, then you, and if 52 and higher, then listen carefully... Currently, there is no solution to how to make fonts clearer using Chrome itself - the developers have deprived users of influencing this by removing the DirectWrite parameter from the experimental settings!
There are only two ways to solve this problem:
- First, switch to another browser, such as Firefox. The latter Opera versions By the way, there is the same problem with fonts as Chrome, since they are based on the same engine.
- Secondly, roll back Chrome to previous version, more precisely to the one where the problem was not yet present (51.0.2704.106), and configure the DirectWrite parameter. But there is one catch...
Google developers have outwitted everyone here too :) It is impossible to rollback through the settings of the browser itself - there is no such option. Even if you uninstall the current version of the program, you will not find installation files of previous versions on the official website.
How to roll back to a previous version of Google Chrome
All that remains is this diagram:
Anyone who wants can search on their own, but we have already found it, downloaded it, and now we are sharing with you a link on Yandex.Disk: Google Chrome 51.0.2704.106 (there is a version for both 64bit and 32bit systems).
Now a few important notes:
- Before deleting Chrome, synchronize all the necessary data with your Google account so that it does not disappear! To do this, in the address window of your browser, type chrome://settings/syncSetup and press enter. In the window that opens, check the boxes next to all necessary points, or better yet, just select the “Synchronize everything” option, as in the screenshot below - it will be more reliable :)
Wait a while for synchronization to complete, especially if you previously disabled this option.
- After installing version 51.0.2704.106, return the previous Chrome settings by synchronization and necessarily turn off automatic update to the latest version, otherwise the browser will be updated again and everything done will go down the drain!
How to disable Chrome updates
To prevent the browser from updating, we do one trick. Go to the folder c:\Program Files\Google\Update\ or c:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Update\, if you have a 64-bit version of the OS, delete the file GoogleUpdate.exe.
That's it, no problems :) On the Internet it is recommended to edit registry entries, change group Windows policies, add administrative templates, etc., etc. As always, most of these instructions were written by those who did not do any of this themselves, but simply copied from each other. None of this is needed. Just delete the GoogleUpdate.exe file and Chrome will no longer be able to update.
When you decide to install the latest version of Google Chrome after some time (if this happens), simply download it manually from the official website installation file and run it. No problem!
P.S. (Update 06/2018)
Many users have benefited from the change in experimental settings font-cache-scaling parameter. To do this, copy and paste into the address bar chrome://flags/#enable-font-cache-scaling, then select the “Disabled” state as shown in the screenshot:
Friends, did you manage to solve the problem of blurry fuzzy font in Google Chrome using these instructions? Share this article with your friends using the social buttons. networks - they will definitely thank you, because they probably experience the same problems with fonts as you.
Not long ago I started using a laptop running 64-bit Windows 8.1 with a FullHD display. Since I am an active Internet user, I immediately encountered a problem, which is the blurry fonts of my favorite browser, Google Chrome, and some other programs.
Of course, the problem of blurry text was observed not only in Google Chrome, but also in the Yandex browser (most likely, Opera also suffers from this drawback, but I stopped using it a long time ago). Whereas in Mozilla FireFox and even Internet Explorer11 everything was fine.
Since I had no intention of giving up Google Chrome, I had to look for solutions to my problem, which, as it turned out, affected not only me. The drawback I described began to manifest itself quite a long time ago, at least a year ago it was already present (and most likely, it was always present), but the developers, for some reason, decided not to fight it, because at least actively. Despite the fact that the problem is widespread, I have never found any separate posts describing its solution, so I decided to write my own.
The whole problem is that for some reason the creators of Goolge Chrome did not teach the browser to support correct scaling in Windows. As a result the browser does not inform the system that it is DPI-aware and the system, in turn, stretches small font to a readable size, resulting in a loss of clarity on the screen.
On many forums, in threads dedicated to this bug, the most common methods of dealing with it are recommended:
- Clear cookies;
- Remove built-in Flash plugin;
- Update the video card driver;
- Disable image scaling on high screen resolutions for Chrome;
- Disable Windows scaling at all;
The first two of the listed options, I consider it obvious nonsense, I can’t even imagine the people who were helped by such advice. Considering that the problem appeared immediately after installing the application, then what kind of history cleaning can we talk about?!
Perhaps the third option helped someone, which is also doubtful. After all, if browsers like FireFox work perfectly, then the problem is clearly not in the driver, but in Chrome itself.
The fourth option helps somewhat and if you have very sharp eyesight, it will come in handy for you. Personally, it didn’t suit me because of the rather small fonts, icons and everything else that I would like to see when normal operation with the program, despite the fact that I have vision equal to one.
The fifth option does everything the fourth does, but for the entire system in general. But, after taking such measures, you will no longer have to observe blurry fonts on your computer in any application.
I did not intend to stop in my research, which led me to one material dated June 4, 2014, which stated that 06/3/2014 Google announced 64-bit Chrome For Windows users 7 and Windows 8. The article provided a link to download the product, which I was quick to use. As it turned out, I installed the program for good reason, you can see the result in the screenshot below:
