In Yandex browser, the image is not clear. Blurred image in Yandex browser

Hello everyone, I use the Yandex browser and recently I began to notice that the pictures on the sites are displayed with some poor quality, while everything is fine in other browsers. The changes took place after the automatic update of the Yandex browser. After a lot of experimentation, I managed to figure out what was going on.

Let's take a look at 2 images (zoom 200%). Left Yandex browser, right Google Chrome. In chrome, the picture is displayed normally (although the quality of the photo itself is not very good), and if you look at the same picture through the Yandex browser, you get the feeling that the photo was taken with a bad 0.3 Mpx camera. There is noise and graininess - I don’t know how to call it correctly, look and you will understand everything yourself.

What did you try to do?

  • Initially poking around in the settings of the video card;
  • Then he sinned about caching images, cleared the cache in the browser settings - it didn’t help;
  • Updated Yandex browser - did not help.
  • Tried toggling Turbo mode on and off, didn't help.

How to restore image quality in Yandex browser

Out of desperation, I got into the Yandex browser settings and started looking at what was on and off. As a result, I found the item “Optimize images to save RAM” - unchecked it and everything was restored. If you have similar problems, then I attach instructions below where this option is located.

How to restore image quality in Yandex browser

Browser version v. 18.2.1.174

1. Go to settings

2. Scrolls to the very bottom and click on the "Show advanced settings" button.

3. Scroll down and look for the "System" tab.

Disable and restart the browser. The quality of the pictures should be restored.

If you have a different version of the browser, then there may be differences in the settings. Just do as I did, carefully study all the settings and find the item "Optimize images to save RAM." Remove the checkmark and restart the browser.

People often write to me in the mail and in the comments to the video that Photoshop is terribly slow. For some, this happens when switching to 3D mode, while for others it just happens in normal mode. In this article, I will look at possible reasons, which affect the speed and quality of the program, as well as possible solutions these problems. On the official website of Adobe this information in the form of instructions, but I will try to explain everything in a simpler, accessible language and save you time looking for solutions to problems in the instructions and search engines Oh.

Photoshop slows down when switching to 3D mode

This situation is the most common, over the past six months I have received more than 30 similar questions. People ask, "- Why does Photoshop work fine in the normal working mode, but when I turn on the 3D mode, it's just impossible to work, everything slows down?".

Possible reasons

In fact, for a frequent reason, the reason is very simple - a weak computer video card. Photoshop, especially the latest versions (CC), is demanding on hardware (the technical data of your computer), and the 3D mode requires additional resource costs ( RAM and video memory). Therefore, for comfortable work in 3D mode, you need not the usual "weak" video card (or built-in motherboard), but at least a middle-class card with at least 2GB of memory on board.

Possible solutions to problems

First of all, make sure that the components of your computer are compatible with the requirements of the program, if you have a built-in video card or a weak one (with less than 2GB of memory) and less than 4GB of RAM, then you can forget about working with 3D in Photoshop. The program (Photoshop) itself will inform you that work in 3D mode is not possible and given function will be automatically disabled.

If your video card meets the requirements of the program and there is enough video card memory, then first you should check the video card drivers for current version, i.e. Do you have new drivers installed? Incorrect work program may be due to outdated drivers for your graphics card.

If you have a "fresh" version of the drivers installed, and the 3D mode slows down, then you can try disabling hardware usage GPU in photoshop settings. To do this, go to the program settings by selecting in top menu"Editing" - "Settings" - "Performance".

After that, in the settings window that appears, you need to uncheck the "Use graphics processor" setting and click the "OK" button.

In addition, Photoshop needs a certain free space on your hard drive to work, and if you don’t have enough of it, then the program may slow down because of this. Let's say that you have Photoshop installed on the "C" drive, on which the operating system and other programs are installed, then by default Photoshop will use the resources it needs to work from your "C" drive, and if you have this disk there is not enough space, then you can simply change the disk used for Photoshop in the program settings. To do this, go to the program settings by selecting "Editing" - "Settings" - "Scratch disks" in the top menu.

And in the settings window that opens, view information about the disk used and, if necessary, change the working disk of the program by checking the box next to desired disk and clicking the "OK" button.

If all these procedures did not help and Photoshop continues to slow down or somehow work incorrectly, while the technical data of your computer meets the requirements of the program (video card, RAM, processor, etc.), then it is possible two more reasons - photoshop errors And errors at work operating system (Windows or MacOS). First, check for errors in the Photoshop program, for this, try to completely remove the program from your computer and install it again - it will not take much time.

If reinstalling the program did not solve the problems, then there may be some malfunctions in your operating system. I would not advise you to rush to reinstall the operating system, because it takes a lot of time, in addition, all your programs installed earlier are removed. If you have previously noticed some "pop-up" windows with errors when working in the operating system or other programs (not Photoshop) do not work correctly for you either (slow down, freeze, crash), then it's definitely worth trying to reinstall the operating system. If you have a freshly installed operating system or everything works fine, except for Photoshop, then most likely it's not the operating system.

Photoshop slows down in normal working mode

In this situation, the solutions to problems are similar to cases with working in 3D mode, but most often related precisely to the technical characteristics of your computer. If your computer as a whole works fine, but Photoshop slows down, then most likely you just have a "weak computer".

To solve this problem, you can try the following steps:

  1. First, make sure your computer is compatible technical specification necessary for Photoshop to work (video card at least 1GB, RAM at least 2GB);
  2. Try disabling the use of the GPU (thereby the program should work faster);
  3. Try changing the working disk of the program to a disk with a larger capacity free space(if you have the disk on which Photoshop is installed contains less than 4-5 GB of free space);
  4. Try reinstalling Photoshop (if your computer is powerful enough, but the program slows down);
  5. Try using an earlier version of Photoshop (Photoshop CS6 is much faster than new versions of CC and will work stably on weak computer, due to the fact that it contains fewer functions, and, accordingly, opportunities. But CS6 is suitable for most design tasks, it all depends on what you plan to do in the program.)
  6. Try reinstalling the operating system (this is an extreme option and is effective if other programs slow down or some errors are observed in the system in the form of warning pop-up windows).

Of course, it is not always possible to definitely say for what reason the Photoshop program does not work correctly or slows down, but the options given are the most common cases. If all the options described do not lead to positive result, then in your case it is necessary to individually deal with the problem that has arisen, for which you can contact the specialists who are involved in the installation and configuration software or independently using search engines to look for options, rummage through instructions, etc.

performance in this case not “how to arrange toolbars” or “use actions and hotkeys”, but what to put in the settings so that it does not slow down and quickly turns tons of pictures when they fall on it.

Contrary to my expectations, there are not many publications on this topic in Runet. So the article 10 Simple Steps to Better Photoshop Performance, published on Smashing Magazine, will form the basis of the material. Added clarifications to it about the cache (cache levels) and available RAM (Available RAM), as it is quite curious. Well, as usual, I'll post another free font and another prize ;-)

Free font "Airport"

I thank both of you for making this font available and for using it.

Well, now about Photoshop.

History

In Edit > Preferences > Performance, you can set how many steps back Photoshop will remember for undoing:

Cache

What is this cache, I truncated not at once. The poetic “It controls the histogram and the time it takes an image to reappear on the screen after an action is applied to it” didn’t explain anything to me at all, so I had to find it elsewhere.

In order not to slow down when viewing an image at different scales, Photoshop generates several copies: by default 100, 50, 25 and 12.5%. This is necessary when, for example, using a filter, you use a preview, the program could filter out not the entire picture, but its small copy, which is faster.

If everything is fine with your RAM and you have to load heavy pictures, then you can set the cache to 6 or 8:

It seems that after I set the cache to eight (this is the maximum value), Photoshop began to slow down for me. But I can't vouch for it, because I didn't follow it very closely.

If you work mainly with large numbers of small pictures, then bet on 1-2. This will free up RAM for storing the images themselves, and not their reduced copies.

RAM

In the same settings item Edit > Preferences > Performance there is a slider that determines how much memory our baby will eat.

I’ll note right away that not all of your installed memory will be displayed in Available RAM, but only a part that is not reserved by Windows and other programs. Of the four gigs, only 1653 MB are available to me.

By default, in Windows, Photoshop uses 55% of the available amount of memory (that is, from those same 1653 MB), in macOS - 70%. I move the slider to 100:

At the bottom of the Photoshop window, to the right of the scale field, there is an information panel. It can display various differences, including information about the use of the RAM. If it says Efficiency: 100%, then this means that by giving more memory to Photoshop, you will speed up its work. Unfortunately, I have nowhere to add, but the efficiency is still 100%.

I saw on the Internet a mention that using the boot.ini file, you can increase the amount of memory allocated to Photoshop. But I have no idea how this is done, so I haven’t started digging into it yet. Maybe later somehow.

Scratch Discs

I understand that this is like a paging file in Windows. If boot disk is small, then in order not to clog it, you can specify another one for placement. In addition, if there is another physical disk, then in theory it makes more sense to throw a paging file on it - theoretically, this should speed up the work. In practice, I didn't notice any difference. And today I decided to show him two disks. Let's see if this will somehow change how Photoshop feels.

View fonts

There is such an option in Edit > Preferences > Type Font Preview Size. It affects how the font palette will look when you select a font.

If the checkbox is removed

it will be like this:

And if you check the box and select, for example, Huge in the drop-down list

then like this:

Theoretically, if there are a lot of fonts, then displaying their previews can slow down Photoshop.

Panel previews

If Photoshop slows down your ass, then along with font previews, you can turn off the thumbnails in the palettes.

Well, or disable Photoshop itself:

The use of snowstorm

While working, Photoshop stores Undo, clipboard, and history. There is a Purge item in the Edit menu. Why it is called so is understandable - as if by a strong wind it blows out of sight the whole history of changes, the steps of the andushkas and what we have in the buffer:

Maximize Compatibility

Set Maximize Compatibility on pads to Always. This should help compatibility with previous versions Photoshop. Although it didn't work for me recently. I had to save layouts in tifas.


Photoshop > Preferences > File Handling

Conclusion

Also, Marco Suosa, the author of the original article, recommends that we don't litter Photoshop with a bunch of brushes, gradients, styles, and plugins. Say, why do you need this mess. But in my opinion it entirely depends on the style of work of a person. After all, many are well versed in the mess on their desks, in folders, in the trunk. So why is Photoshop an exception?

And the last thing, if all this rubbish has completely clouded your Moscow and you no longer know how to put everything back in place, while starting Photoshop, click Alt + Control + Shift for Windows or Command + Option + Shift for Mac. And everything, as if nothing had happened - all settings are on default ;-)

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Agree, it is almost impossible to work when all the characters on the screen blur and ripple. I know firsthand this problem and that pain in the eyes when working on a computer for a long time with such text. Unfortunately, no one is immune from this and, I hope, thanks to this article, we will be able to “overcome” a blurry font.

The problem of a blurry font has not bypassed users of the "dozens". This is usually encountered when updating the operating system.

Before we get started on how to fix blurry fonts, I'd like to add a few things. Perhaps it's not the operating system and everything is much simpler. Before you start doing the operations below, we strongly recommend that you check if the screen resolution is set correctly on your computer. There is a possibility that the blurry font is caused by a mismatch between the resolution of your monitor and the operating system. Have you checked? Is the blurry font missing? Then let's start.

Typically, a blurry font appears as a result of applying an incorrect scale. There are two ways to fix this problem by changing the scale for a single application or for the system as a whole.

Fix blurry fonts in apps in Windows 10

If the font is blurry not in your system, but in one or more programs, then this method is for you. With the help of the steps described below, you will get rid of rippled letters, whether it be 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 at high screen resolution, click OK.

Fix blurry fonts in Windows 10

If the font is blurry throughout the system, then the above method will not work for you. Fortunately, there are several ways to eliminate blurry font 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 did not like the result of the work done above, there is another option. Its essence is that we return to Windows 10 the scaling methods from Windows 7 and Windows 8. Sometimes this gives much best result than with standard settings.



Ready! It remains only to reboot the system and enjoy the absence of a headache after working at a computer with blurry characters.

How to Fix Blurry Fonts in Windows 7

Everyone's favorite "seven" can also fall victim to a blurry font. The root of the problem is the “crooked” ClearType font smoothing that is used everywhere in Windows 7, even where it is not really 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 anti-aliasing, follow these steps:



This completes the first way to eliminate the blurry font.

"XP Style Scales"

The second method is as simple as the previous one.

We follow the same steps as above up to step 1.4. and enter the menu "Screen". Select "Custom font size (dots per inch)".

A kind of ruler will appear, on which we correct the scale by 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 to do is to create a .reg file 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,\

"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
"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,\
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

Not so long ago I started using a laptop on 64-bit Windows 8.1 with a FullHD display. Since I am an active Internet user, I immediately ran into a problem, which is the blurry fonts of my favorite Google browser 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 have long abandoned its use). Whereas in Mozilla FireFox and even Internet Explorer11 everything was fine.

Since I was not going to abandon Google Chrome, I had to look for solutions to my problem, which, as it turned out, befell not only me alone. 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, at least actively. Despite the fact that the problem is widespread, I have not seen separate entries describing its solution, so I decided to write my own.

The problem is that for some reason the creators of Google Chrome did not teach the browser to support correct scaling in Windows. As a result the browser does not tell the system that it is DPI-aware and the system, in turn, stretches small print to a readable size, resulting in a loss of legibility on the screen.

On many forums, in the threads dedicated to this bug, the most common methods of dealing with it are recommended:

  1. Clear cookies;
  2. Remove built-in Flash plugin;
  3. Update video card driver;
  4. Disable image scaling at high screen resolution for Chrome;
  5. Disable Windows scaling completely;

The first two of the options listed, I consider it obvious nonsense, I can’t even imagine those people whom such advice has helped. Considering that the problem manifested itself 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. Indeed, in the event that browsers like FireFox work perfectly, then the problem is clearly not in the driver, but in Chrome itself.

The fourth option helps a little. and if you have very sharp eyesight, it will be most welcome for you. Personally, it did not suit me because of the rather small fonts, icons and everything else that I would like to observe when normal operation with the program, despite the fact that I have a vision equal to one.

The fifth option does everything the same as the fourth one, but for the whole 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 06/04/2014, 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 not slow to use. As it turned out, I installed the program for a reason, you can see the result on the screen below:

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 07/21/2016, the developers decided to remove the ability to customize appearance font through the experimental setting "Disable DirectWrite Windows", which just helped in case of blurry and fuzzy. Now there is no DirectWrite parameter.

It is absolutely incomprehensible how to explain such a step, but on the forums, including the official Google forum, there are a huge number of angry reviews with requests and even demands to return everything back.

At the time of this writing, on August 6, we already have the next version of the Chrome browser (52.0.2743.116), but nothing has changed. Apparently the developers know better which font more convenient for users and should not be given their freedom of choice...

What problems can be observed in the browser

The problem with fonts can manifest itself in different ways. For some, the font is just blurry and fuzzy. For some, the bold font has a shadow or does not differ at all from the usual one:

Someone has problems displaying the font on the Vkontakte website: it is muddy, completely unreadable, cuts and strains the eyes. Example:

Someone instead of black has all the letters in gray, barely visible on a white background:

And for some users, it’s completely 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?


To get started, check current version your browser. Enter in the address bar chrome://help/ and press enter. The About page will open.

If the version of Chrome is 51 and lower, then you, and if 52 and higher, then listen carefully ... Currently, there is no solution on how to make fonts clearer using Chrome itself - the developers have deprived users of influence on 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. At latest versions Opera, by the way, has the same problem with fonts as Chrome, since they are based on the same engine.
  • Second, roll back Chrome to previous version, more precisely, to the one where the problem was still absent (51.0.2704.106), and configure the DirectWrite parameter. But there is one catch...

Google developers outsmarted 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 rollback to a previous version of Google Chrome

The only thing left is this:



Anyone who wants to 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 some important notes:
  1. Before deleting Chrome, synchronize all the necessary data with your Google account so that they are not lost! To do this, in the address window of the browser, type chrome://settings/syncSetup and press enter. In the window that opens, check the boxes next to all the necessary items, or better, just select the "Synchronize everything" option, as in the screenshot below - it will be more reliable :)

Wait a while for the synchronization to complete, especially if you previously disabled this option.

  1. After installing version 51.0.2704.106 return old settings Chrome by sync and required disable 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 problem :) 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 nothing of this themselves, but simply rewrite each other. None of this is needed. Just delete the GoogleUpdate.exe file and Chrome will no longer be able to update.

When after some time you decide to install the latest version of Google Chrome (if this happens), just manually download from the official site setup file and run it. No problem!

P.S. (Update 06/2018)

A change in the experimental settings of the font-cache-scaling parameter helped many users. 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 a blurry fuzzy font in Google Chrome using this instruction? Share this article with your friends using the social buttons. networks - they will definitely thank you, because they are probably experiencing the same problems with fonts as you.

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 might be to enable the scaling feature in Windows. For example, I have enabled font enlargement 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 bring back the unstretched display of pages and fonts.

This instruction was written and tested on the new browser Vivaldi, created by people from the Opera 12 team. Yes, it no longer works on the Presto engine, but it tries to keep the chips of the old Opera.

What it looks like:

The screenshot doesn't capture the full horror of the blur, but trust me, the reality is that the blur is catastrophic. But after applying tweaks - like a veil falls from the eyes! :)

So here is the instruction itself (alternative inputs for other Chromium-based browsers are indicated in brackets):

We solve the problem of blurry fonts (when scaling is enabled in Windows)

The method is equally suitable for any browser based on chromiuim.

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 like this:
"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
Disabling the DirectWrite font rendering test engine. #disable-direct-write
and press "Turn on"and then restart the browser.

In this way, we return the real scale to fonts and images, and also make them clear and not blurry.

(in relation to Vivaldi): Unfortunately, as a result, the fonts in the browser will become very small. To increase system fonts - for example, in tabs, menus, open the common.css file (I have it located at: c:\Vivaldi\Application\1.0.162.4\resource es\vivaldi\style) and replace the line:
font-size:11.5px
for example on a line
font-size:15.5px

To change fonts on web pages, type vivaldi://chrome/settings/fonts (chrome://settings/fonts), choose " Download extension to customize fonts". (for other browsers, fonts can be configured without downloading the extension, but fonts can be configured in more detail in the extension)

This is the extension in question:
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.

ps By the way, if you are using a portable version of Chrome, then the launch parameters can be set in the GoogleChromePortable.ini ini file, which must be created in the same folder where GoogleChromePortable.exe is located

Contents of the GoogleChromePortable.ini file:

AdditionalParameters= /high-dpi-support=1 /force-device-scale-factor=1

And if you want the portable version of Chrome to open 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\chrome.exe"
on
"GoogleChromePortable\GoogleChromePortable.exe"

The Google Chrome browser is triumphantly striding around 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 the fonts that are installed by default and do not suit the user for various reasons, to others. This can be done quickly and easily by following the instructions below.

Font settings

First you need to open the browser and go to the 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 advanced settings" at the very 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 choose both the size and type of the font, as well as the encoding, which can be configured incorrectly, resulting in incorrect display of the pages of some sites.

We solve the problem of blurry and fuzzy font

Unfortunately, when updating the Google Chrome browser, developer bugs often pop up. One of these bugs is problems with the correct display of fonts: after installing a later version, they become muddy and low-contrast. But this, much to the happiness of Google fans, is solvable.

Starting with the 52nd version, programmers, for some reason, took and removed the font customization function using the useful DirectWrite Windows option, which perfectly solved the problem of blurry and unclear fonts at the touch of a button. Unfortunately, this option is no longer available. And although many users demanded to restore this parameter, the developers did not heed them, and in the 53rd version of the DirectWrite Windows function, too. Well, well, Google programmers know better, and we will adapt to the created conditions.

Problems in the browser

In the browser, they can declare themselves in different ways. On some operating systems, the font simply floats, on others shadows appear, and in popular social networks (VKontakte, for example) they can generally be indistinguishable and rather strain your eyesight. For some, the letters look like they are not printed, and besides, they are still crooked and oblique. All this makes surfing the Internet unpleasant and annoying.

To solve the problem, you should check the current version of Chrome. Type "chrome://help/" into the search engine and press "Enter". A window with help about the browser version will appear.

If version 52 and above, then troubleshooting tips are below. There are only two solutions to the problem:

  • change the browser, for example, to Firefox. In Opera, by the way, the same engine and similar problems;
  • roll back Google Chrome to a version below 52 and enable the "DirectWrite" option.

But here the problem arises, where to get the old version. After all, on the official website you can only download the latest Chrome.

Rollback to the old version

You will have to follow the following steps:



Before uninstalling Google Chrome, you will need to sync (if not already done) with your Google account to keep 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, we create Google account and set up synchronization by selecting the desired options, as in the screenshot below.

When you first start in the address bar, you need to type "chrome: // flags /" and in the window that opens, select the fourth line from the top with the value "Disable Windows DirectWrite" and click the "Enable" button. Then you need to restart Chrome. After installation old version, do not forget to disable the update in the browser, otherwise everything will go down the drain.

Disable 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 no Google Chrome update threatens. Some advise deleting registry values, etc. But none of this is necessary, deleting GoogleUpdate is enough.

Language selection in Chrome browser

When you first start Google Chrome, you may also need to change the language. This is necessary for the correct display of browser web pages. To adjust the settings, enter the menu "Settings" - "Show other settings" - "Languages" - "Change language settings".

A dialog box will appear in which you can select the possibility of translating pages and the option of checking spelling. You need to find the 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 frame "Display Google Chrome in this language" and for all changes to take effect, restart the browser.

In Chrome, you can add or remove languages, sort them in order to your liking. If the user is using the Windows operating system, then it is possible to configure East Asian language settings with complex fonts. It is recommended that you add only the required languages, because phishing websites may use similar characters to spoof the URL.

If necessary, you can write in Chrome in Chinese and Hindi. 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.