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

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

URLs: Privacy policy

Full description: See detailed description

Ranking

# 2,278 ▲ 93

Other rankings

#22029 in Workflow & Planning ▲ 585 #13 in font keyword 15 ▼ 4

Other platforms

Not available on Android

Not available on Firefox

Not available on Edge

User reviews

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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

Omniscience Jin, 2024-09-04

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

Jessica S. (darkocean), 2024-08-20

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?

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.

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High This extension has low user count. Unpopular extensions may not be stable or safe.
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