Font Smoothing

Adds configurable font anti-aliasing to all webpages you visit.

What is Font Smoothing?

The 'Font Smoothing' Chrome extension is a tool that lets users apply or disable the Webkit's anti-aliasing feature to all website texts. It adjusts the readability of text on webpages according to your preference by enabling or disabling the smoothing feature. It applies the settings automatically to all new tabs post-installation and remembers your preference for every website you visit.

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By: evanshortiss

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Users: 1,000+

Rating: 3.50 (16)

Version: 0.1.0 (Last updated: 2018-11-02)

Creation date: 2018-11-01

Risk impact: Moderate risk impact

Risk likelihood: Very low risk likelihood

Manifest version: 2

Permissions:

activeTab
storage
https://ajax.googleapis.com/

Size: 64.13K

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Chrome-Stats Rank

# 23433 ▼ 250

Other rankings

#506 in Accessibility ▼ 2 #288 in disable keyword 29 ▼ 4

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Not available on Firefox

Not available on Edge

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Summary

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This plugin allows you to force webpages use the WebKit antialiasing feature, or alternatively, completely disable it. As a result you can alter the clarity and legibility of text on web pages.

Simply install the plugin and click the plugin icon to enable or disable smoothing for a given website. The plugin will remember your settings for every site visited.

By default all new tabs will apply smoothing after this plugin is installed.

Note: If the page was open before installing the plugin then you need to refresh the page.

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 Chrome Web Store does not verify user reviews, so some user reviews may be inaccurate, spammy, or outdated.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

Works on Mac OS
Improves readability on some monitors

Cons

Doesn't work on Windows 10
No default setting for all pages

Most mentioned

Doesn't work
Works on Mac OS
Improves readability

Recent reviews

-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased;

lee fc, 2023-03-03

-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased;

p py, 2023-03-03

Thanks a lot. Very useful on MacOS

Arseniy Kruglov, 2021-10-15

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Safety

Risk impact

Font Smoothing may not be safe to use and it requires some risky permissions. Exercise caution when installing this extension. Review carefully before installing.