Font blocker

Blocks the fonts you want to block.

What is Font blocker?

"Font blocker" is a Chrome extension that empowers users to refine their web browsing experience by blocking custom fonts that they find annoying or disruptive. It does this by adding the identified font to a local database, which is immediately blocked. Features include the ability to block fonts globally, across all websites, and mark fonts for blocking or unblocking. It also provides compatibility for Firefox through WebExtensions. Version updates offer continual improvements for an innovative browsing experience.

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By: Rudie Dirkx

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Users: 805 ▲ 31

Rating: 4.15 (27)

Version: 1.19 (Last updated: 2019-10-04)

Creation date: 2019-10-04

Risk impact: Low risk impact

Risk likelihood: Very low risk likelihood

Manifest version: 2

Permissions:

storage
contextMenus

Size: 32.15K

Email: ch*****@hotblocks.nl

URLs: Website

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Chrome-Stats Rank

# 31945 ▲ 163

Other rankings

#1078 in Accessibility ▲ 3 #6 in custom font keyword 31 #12 in font keyword 64 ▲ 4 #216 in website blocker keyword 65 ▲ 11

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Summary

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Right click on an annoying custom web font and click "Block custom font" to add it to the local database. The font will be blocked immediately.

1.19 Removed broken Bold and Italic support.

1.18 Fixed unused message port, no more vague "Unchecked runtime.lastError" errors.

1.17 Better Bold and Italic support. WebExtensions compatibility for Firefox.

1.16 Fewer console messages.

1.15

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 Chrome Web Store does not verify user reviews, so some user reviews may be inaccurate, spammy, or outdated.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

Simple to use
Efficient in blocking unwanted fonts
Makes sites more readable

Cons

Defaults fonts to Arial, causing strain
Changes on a site-by-site basis, instead of blocking chosen fonts for all sites
May cause issues with online text editors by misplacing text caret

Most mentioned

User friendly
Great for blocking 'Open Sans', 'Roboto', and other unwanted fonts
Needs more custom pen choices

Recent reviews

Issues: 1) replaces to Arial!!! My eyes are bleeding. Should better have a user-configured default sans font; 2) replaces monospaced to Arial!!! My eyes are bleeding. Should better have a user-configured default monospace font; 3) replaces serif to Arial!!! My eyes are bleeding. Should better have a user-configured default serif font. 4) Probably breaks font metrics, so on-line editors misplace text caret. For me it's definitely broken. Otherwise extension is working good, it really makes all those mad designers to behaviour nice. But with 1-4 problems, this extension is useless.