Advanced Font Settings

Advanced Font Settings

Demonstrates the chrome.fontSettings API by allowing users to modify the style of displayed fonts on web pages.

What is Advanced Font Settings?
'Advanced Font Settings' is a Chrome extension enabling users to alter the style of displayed fonts on websites per language scripts. The extension provides a unique formula to customize fonts which comes into effect when the web page declares the content language and does not specify a font. Ideal for users who interact with multi-language websites.
Stats
Users: 600,000+
Version: 0.71 (Last updated: 2023-12-01)
Creation date: 2014-04-16
Risk impact: Very low risk impact
Risk likelihood: Low risk likelihood
Manifest version: 3
Permissions:
  • fontSettings
Size: 40.70K
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Summary

This extension allows you to customize font settings for different language scripts. For example, you can set the default font for Simplified Chinese content to be different than the font for Japanese content. The settings are per-script (as specified in ISO 15924) rather than per-language. For example, there is a single setting for Cyrillic script rather than separate ones for Russian, Ukrainian, etc.

Chrome will use the font settings controlled by this extension when BOTH of the following are true:

  1. The web page has declared the language of the content (e.g., by using the HTML lang attribute); and
  2. The web page has not specified a font to use.

To use this extension, add it to Chrome and then go to chrome://extensions and click on the "Options" link for this extension.

User reviews
User reviews summary
These summaries are automatically generated weekly using AI based on recent user reviews. Chrome Web Store does not verify user reviews, so some user reviews may be inaccurate, spammy, or outdated.
Pros
  • Works as advertised
  • Allows customization of fonts, including custom fonts from your computer
  • Allows setting of default font settings for specific languages
Cons
  • Does not work or fails to work consistently
  • Does not override preset font settings of most sites
  • Some desired languages or scripts are not included or are not working properly
Most mentioned
  • Functionality of changing fonts
  • Compatibility issues with certain languages or scripts
  • Difficulty or confusion in setup or use of the extension
Recent reviews
Rondweg fantastich, ik hoop nog veel zo'n vooruitstrevende -ergonomische dingen te ontdekken.
by A Google user, 2018-11-09

tốt
by A Google user, 2018-09-22

Rondweg fantastich, ik hoop nog veel zo'n vooruitstrevende -ergonomische dingen te ontdekken.
by A Google user, 2018-11-09
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Safety
Risk impact

Advanced Font Settings is safe to use. It does not request any sensitive permissions.

Risk likelihood

Advanced Font Settings has earned a fairly good reputation and likely can be trusted.

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