Font blocker

Blocks the fonts you want to block.

Total ratings

4.15 (Rating count: 27)

Review summary

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Pros
  • Effective at blocking unreadable or ugly fonts
  • Simple and easy to use interface
  • Provides an immediate fix for problematic fonts on websites
  • Allows users to choose specific fonts to block
  • Helps reduce eyestrain from thin or difficult-to-read fonts
Cons
  • Replaces blocked fonts with a limited selection (mainly Arial)
  • May break font metrics, causing issues with text caret positioning in editors
  • No option to set a user-defined default font
  • Some users experience functionality issues or bugs (e.g., not working in certain Chrome versions)
  • Lacks a global blocking feature for persistent font blocking across sites
Most mentioned
  • Eyes are bleeding from replaced fonts
  • Thankful for a solution to undesirable fonts on the web
  • Requests for a default font setting
  • Comments on the extension not functioning correctly
  • Praises for reducing eyestrain
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Recent rating average: 3.60
All time rating average: 4.15
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Date Author Rating Lang Comment
2022-08-31
Walter Pratt		 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.
2022-08-31
Walter Pratt		 en 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.
2021-08-12
Hans-Harald Glatt		 Thank you, this comes in very handy to solve the new Twitter font dilemma.
2021-08-12
Hans-Harald Glatt		 en Thank you, this comes in very handy to solve the new Twitter font dilemma.
2021-03-08
Alex Wood		 Unfortunately it no longer seems to work. seleting an area of text, right click, select Block Custom Font and nothign is added to the list....
2021-03-08
Alex Wood		 en Unfortunately it no longer seems to work. seleting an area of text, right click, select Block Custom Font and nothign is added to the list....
2019-10-02 Vlad Tyum Rudie, thank you very much for the extension. Yet accounting an issue. Nowadays it changes fonts to limited list like Arial, Verdana. Could you please add "Default" option?
2019-10-02
Vlad Tyum		 en Rudie, thank you very much for the extension. Yet accounting an issue. Nowadays it changes fonts to limited list like Arial, Verdana. Could you please add "Default" option?
2019-02-26
David		 Fantastic way to fix unreadable fonts on websites. Finally, I can get clear, unaliased, sans serif fonts without resorting to a reader app (Pocket/Instapaper/Mercury). Interface is very simple and each website is permanently fixed.
2019-02-26
David		 en Fantastic way to fix unreadable fonts on websites. Finally, I can get clear, unaliased, sans serif fonts without resorting to a reader app (Pocket/Instapaper/Mercury). Interface is very simple and each website is permanently fixed.
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