Font Rendering Enhancer

Font Rendering Enhancer for Chrome. Darker and clearer text on the pages.

Font Rendering Enhancer - Improve Font Rendering in Chrome

Font Rendering Enhancer is a Chrome extension that enhances the font rendering in the browser, providing darker and clearer text on almost every page. It modifies the font rendering to be more anti-aliased using CSS3, resulting in improved readability and a better browsing experience.
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Extension stats

Manifest V3
By: Festum
Users: 90,000+
Rating: 4.56
(372)
Version: 0.3.0 (Last updated: 2024-05-07)
Creation date: 2014-07-02
Permissions:
  • storage
Size: 586.75K
Email: *****@fesq.in
Full description: See detailed description

Other platforms

Not available on Android
Not available on Firefox
Not available on Edge

User reviews

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 Chrome Web Store does not verify user reviews, so some user reviews may be inaccurate, spammy, or outdated.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
  • Improves font rendering quality significantly
  • Easy to install and use, with noticeable improvements mentioned by users
  • Works effectively for certain websites that have issues with gray text
  • Latest update fixed many previous issues, enhancing user experience
  • Offers a way to adjust text width for better readability
Cons
  • Causes rendering issues with certain websites or elements, such as YouTube subtitles
  • Hasn't been updated consistently, leading to doubts about reliability
  • Text width adjustment feature does not work for all users
  • Can cause performance issues, like high CPU usage during print previews
  • Certain fonts, like emoji fonts, may render poorly when the extension is active
Most mentioned
  • Improvement in font clarity and rendering quality
  • Causes problems with website compatibility and rendering
  • Functionality related to text width adjustments is unreliable
  • Extension may disable certain CSS features on websites
  • Limitations in font options and settings for specific use cases
User reviews
always use
by Omniscience Jin, 2024-09-04

Neverminded, it worked on one page then broke. Please fix!

Is this a joke? Installed and all I could find was a "text width" adjustment that doesn't work. Why are theses developers wasting our time? Is this supposed to make text darker?
by PMA, 2024-08-08
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Extension safety

Risk impact

Font Rendering Enhancer requires very minimum permissions.

Risk impact analysis details
  • High Injects scripts into web pages, which may alter or extract site contents, resulting in a substantial risk.
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Risk likelihood

We don't have sufficient data to confidently determine the risk likelihood of Font Rendering Enhancer. Use it at your own risk.

Risk likelihood analysis details
  • High This extension has low user count. Unpopular extensions may not be stable or safe.
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