Windows 10 Why Does Text Look Funny Google Chrome

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The solution that worked for me was

1. Visit URL chrome://flags/
2. Enable "Disable accelerated 2D Canvas"
3. relaunch

answered Mar 21, 2018 at 12:52

gvbgvb

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• Might be the change of any flag? I changed it to enabled, and it worked. Then changed it to disabled, and everything was still smooth. So next time the issue appears(after next RDP-session), I will test changing another random setting.

  Jan 14, 2020 at 9:54

• A better (and effective) solution for me with current versions as at posting. I already have OS font smoothing turned on and every application is smoothed except Chrome. So it's Chrome, not Windows. I also do not have the enable-font-cache-scaling flag option. Either it is no longer supported or invalid for my installation.

  May 22, 2020 at 7:59

In windows 10:

• Go to the windows search, search for "This PC" right click and choose properties
• Go to advanced system settings
• Click the settings button in the performance group
• Check the box for "Smooth edges of screen fonts"
• Restart computer and your fonts will be back to normal

answered Oct 3, 2017 at 1:56

Hunter NelsonHunter Nelson

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• Thanks. I wonder why mine turned off when windows 10 updated.

  Apr 16, 2018 at 2:28

• Actually, I think restarting the computer is what fixed this. At least it does for me. I've never messed with the checkbox and everything is usually fine again after a reboot.

  Apr 23, 2019 at 14:09

• had to restart chrome after this

  Sep 11, 2019 at 22:47

try going here: chrome://flags/#enable-font-cache-scaling either disable or enable this setting (enable-font-cache-scaling) to see if it changes. Chrome seems to suddenly get jagged text inexplicably and this fixed it for me.

answered Apr 24, 2018 at 23:45

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• worked for me - clicked RESET to DEFAULT - after chrome restarted and all got fixed

  Sep 11, 2018 at 18:03

• This seems to work as a fix - I set to "Enabled", relaunched Chrome, then flipped it back to "Default" and it remained OK. I find it usually happens after I have used an RDP session to my PC.

  Nov 15, 2018 at 11:52

• Fixed my issue, Issue occurred immediately after login to local machine after using an RDP session into the same machine. Not sure why the issue occurs but glad it's fixed.

  Feb 14, 2019 at 13:59

• I saw this issue after our company service desk reset a number of browser related settings. The above and flipping back to default worked for me. The windows option did not.

  Dec 17, 2019 at 15:35

Another possible cause:

Remote Desktop (aka RDC, MSTSC) can disable text smoothing per application.

If you are remotely connected to the machine with the font smoothing problem, and other remote applications are working normally, then this should fix it:

1. Disconnect, and re-open the Remote Desktop Connection window.
2. Click Show Options.
3. Click the Experience tab.
4. Choose any setting except "Detect connection quality automatically" in the "Choose your connection speed..." listbox.
5. Check the boxes as appropriate, making sure "Font smoothing" is checked.

Also note, after a remote connection triggers this problem, you may still see the ugly fonts on the computer locally until you restart Chrome (or Windows).

answered Oct 19, 2019 at 17:16

ToglikToglik

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This issue happened to me after a remote RDP session into the workstation. Resolved using the following:

• Opened page chrome://flags/#enable-font-cache-scaling
• Clicked Reset all
• Relaunched Chrome (It also worked in the Microsoft Edge)

After this, the fonts were reset back to the normal view.

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answered Feb 10, 2021 at 18:43

ChrisChris

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• This also resolved the issue for me I found that had affected Obsidian (I guess it uses the same Chrome program installed locally?.. or perhaps it is a setting that RDP messes with since I jump into this machine). Either way, clicking Reset all was the fix for me

  Feb 22 at 13:17

Turning on hardware acceleration worked for me.

answered May 9, 2018 at 15:32

billbill

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I found this solution when I was above to do what gvb recommended:

1. Visit URL chrome://flags/
2. Enable Override software rendering list and enables GPU-acceleration on unsupported system configurations

Do note the big red letters as the top: WARNING! EXPERIMENTAL FEATURES AHEAD. I'm gathering though that something about my system isn't supported, but this worked anyhow.

answered Apr 4, 2018 at 13:58

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• chrome://flags/#ignore-gpu-blocklist , then.

  Aug 27, 2021 at 14:56

You will probably get all kind of pointless "adjust cleartype" ideas, but in general I would do a clean uninstall of GPU drivers, reinstall and possibly reinstall Chrome as well. More often than not there is a problem with your display drivers.

answered Oct 3, 2017 at 1:29

Disabling / re-enabling all the extensions worked for me. For version 66.0.3359.181 (Official Build) (64-bit), on Windows 10, here are the steps I used:

1. Go Chrome menu
2. Select "More Tools"
3. Select "Extensions"
4. Disable all the extensions
5. Close the page
6. Shut down Chrome
7. Re-start Chrome. Fonts now worked
8. Run steps 1-3.
9. This time, enable all the extensions
10. Run steps 5-7. Fonts still work

If the above don't work, follow the steps above, but enable one extension at a time. I needed to restart the browser to see the effects.

My machine config:

1. Chrome version: 66.0.3359.181 (Official Build) (64-bit)
2. OS: Windows 10 Pro

answered Jun 6, 2018 at 14:49

lsu_guylsu_guy

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