Strange & unpleasant fonts

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Hi all,

I have the Comodo Dragon browser v 50.14.22.465 installed on my Win 10 x64 (1607). Since the very first use of the browser I have been encountering a strange font set being used by CD. It is very unpleasant to read and watch. I was wondering whether Google’s Chrome has the same issue but found out it has not. Chrome’s fonts are just as they should be.

Take a look at this comparison below. Is there any way how to make fonts in CD look the same as in Chrome?

Thanks.

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I have the same problem :-\

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Hi Guys,
You could try disabling ‘disable-direct-write’ to see if that helps.
Please remember these are experimental settings.
chrome://flags/#disable-direct-write

Kind regards.

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Thanks Captainsticks,

That has solved it. I am so glad I can continue using CD as I was already thinking about changing the browser.

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You are welcome Svecik , glad to hear that helped. :slight_smile:

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That font blur was terrible, it’s been bothering me for ages. I found temporary partial respite by deselecting hardware acceleration for video in settings but this command restores normal fonts entirely. I really wish we were not treated as guinea pigs so often :wink:

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Captainsticks, I need your help once again.

I have just been given another PC and it also has the same fonts issue I described above. Trouble is, there is no such option as “disable direct write” on the flags page. I only tried to disable hardware acceleration but that did not help. Is there any other way how to make the fonts look right?

Thank you.

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Hi Svecik,
Try deleting the following file if it is present, ‘ChromeDWriteFontCache’ and relaunch Dragon.
C:\Users\Username\AppData\Local\Comodo\Dragon\User Data\Default

Hope that helps.

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Thanks Captainsticks, but I cannot find that file. That is kinda weird. Would you have any other ideas?

Thank you.

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Hi Svecik,
You could individually try the following 3 suggestions to see if any help.
If the flags suggestions don’t help, I would recommend setting them back to their default settings.

Change the following from ‘default’ to ‘disabled’.
chrome://flags/#lcd-text-aa

Change the following from ‘default’ to ‘non-material’.
chrome://flags/#top-chrome-md

One of the following extension might help.

https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/chrome-font-rendering-enh/jjjpbgllolhkbnpbkpcllncfmbiggljo

Sorry if none of the above help, I am running out of ideas.

Kind regards.

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Hey there,

Thanks for your help and efforts. Unfortunately, none of the above solves the issue. I have just realised it is a bit different from what it was on my laptop. The Advanced Fonts Settings extension actually displays all fonts properly, but for some reason on some websites (such as FB and a few others), all texts are italic except for a few special symbols used in our language.

Hope you can come up with another idea :slight_smile:

Thank you.

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Can you find the C:\Users\Username\AppData\Local\Comodo\Dragon\User Data\Default?

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Sure, I can find the folder but the file Captainsticks mentioned is not there.