Advanced Font Settings

Advanced Font Settings

Customize per-script font settings.

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What is Advanced Font Settings?

'Advanced Font Settings' is a Chrome extension that provides the user with the ability to customize per-script font settings. This means you can designate distinct fonts for different language scripts like Simplified Chinese, Cyrillic, Japanese, and more. The extension targets scripts rather than languages, making it applicable across multiple languages that use the same script. For instance, one single setting can apply to all languages that utilize the Cyrillic script, like Russian and Ukrainian. The extension works when the web page declares the content language and hasn't specified a font.

Merlin
Stats
Stats date:
Rating: 3.75 (1,326)
Version: 0.70 (Last updated: 2023-07-05)
Creation date: 2014-04-16
Manifest version: 3
Permissions:
  • fontSettings
Size: 47.81K
Email: Click to see
Risk impact: Very low risk impact
Risk likelihood: Low risk likelihood

Other platforms

Not available on Firefox
Not available on Edge
Merlin
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 Chrome Web Store does not verify user reviews, so some user reviews may be inaccurate, spammy, or outdated.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.
  • Customizable configuration menu.
  • Allows customization of scripts.
  • Good for setting default font settings for different languages.
Cons
  • Does not work for some fonts and scripts.
  • Limited functionality for replacing fonts.
  • Lacks support for certain languages.
  • Hasn't been updated in 6 years.
Most mentioned
  • Does not work
  • Not helpful
  • Wasted time trying to get it to work
  • Doesn't have Persian language
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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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