chrome overall font rendering issue 2016
I still got the problem of very bad font rendering in Google Chrome. I'm using version 50.0.2661.102 m. I deactivated "DirectWrite" and it got a bit better, but thin fonts are still horrible to read. I reinstalled chrome to get the default settings.
Here is a comparison with Firefox (top). Ignore the word spacings, its caused by responsive layout and justified text.
This happens with all fonts on all pages. I saw a lot of workarounds, but they all assume to have Chrome 36 and below installed. Officially it is fixed since Chrome 37. But I get this on all of my PCs.
Is there a fix, or is chrome just bad with fonts?
Answer
I encountered a similar problem last night when I updated my Chromium-based Browser (Vivaldi). Text, especially certain colors or text against certain backgrounds, looked horrible. It looked jagged, unnatural or sometimes blurry. Luckily, I've rectified the issue:
- Type chrome://flags in the url bar and hit enter.
- Enable DirectWrite if you still have it disabled.
- Scroll down to LCD text antialiasing and select Enabled.
- Relaunch the browser.
Text should now appear crisp and smooth.