Font Rendering Enhancer - Improve Font Rendering in Chrome
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Description Font Rendering Enhancer comes from Opera Font Rendering by thunder13. Darker and clearer text on almost every page (http and https). Modified and ported Mac OSX Font Rendering by proxxy (from Opera on Presto engine). "The windows browsers render the fonts based on the normal sub-pixel rendering without implementing Font smoothing, anti-aliasing as noticeable as Mac OSX. This tweak applies text to be displayed more anti-aliased using CSS3 property. So modern browsers supporting CSS3 and userstyle support would be able to support it. ;)"
Modified (v 0.1.4):
- A Control panel
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User reviews
- Many users report that it enhances text readability and improves font appearance, especially on Windows.
- Some users appreciate the update that fixed previous issues, stating it now works well.
- A few users found it effective in making fonts look bolder or darker.
- The extension reportedly causes performance issues, particularly with Chrome's print preview function.
- There are complaints about it not working properly on Chrome or being stagnant for over a decade.
- Some users have noted conflicts with other functionalities, such as YouTube subtitles.
- Issues with functionality on Chrome compared to other browsers.
- Performance problems after a Chrome update.
- The extension significantly improves font rendering for some users.
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Risk impact
Font Rendering Enhancer requires very minimum permissions.
Risk likelihood
Font Rendering Enhancer has earned a fairly good reputation and likely can be trusted.
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