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Firefox allows you to force webpages to use the fonts you specify by unchecking "Allow pages to choose their own fonts instead of my selection above" in the advanced fonts settings. I use this to force cleartype fonts in Firefox.

Is there a way to do this in Google Chrome?

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I found an extension that allows the replacement of a handful of sans-serif fonts chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/… . It's primarily for font snobs, but allows you to choose a custom font (e.g. Calibri) to use instead of Arial. Unfortunately it doesn't allow you to replace Times New Roman or Courier New. – csnullptr Mar 27 '11 at 18:57

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There is an enhancement-request bug report open at Chromium's Google Code bug tracker to enable ClearType support. It's a priority 2 so it will hopefully be fixed a few releases from now (but maybe that's just wishful thinking).

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Bummer, I was hoping there was a hidden config for this already. I'll leave the question open a little while longer in case someone has any other suggestions. – csnullptr Jan 30 '11 at 0:13
"a few releases from now" is unfortunately (as you rightly surmise) absolute nonsense. That bug report's been sitting there from 2008 :( – Mahmoud Al-Qudsi Apr 30 '12 at 3:00
Actually, Chrome now respects the system setting. See bug 96393. – squircle May 1 '12 at 15:22
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Windows XP clear type is enough for Chrome. Just turn on Display->Appearance->Effects->"Use the following method to smooth edges of screen fonts"->"Clear Type" and you are done.

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I do have cleartype enabled. I was asking about forcing webpages to use fonts with cleartype hinting if possible (e.g. Cabrili, Cambria, Consolas). The cleartype fonts as they're usually referred to are much easier to read, in my opinion, than the default fonts that websites usually specify (i.e. Arial or Times New Roman). – csnullptr Feb 8 '11 at 3:20
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Bumped into this when I was also searching for how to force chrome to use my fonts. Found Ubuntu 10.10 (unified font style) v1.0 It forces chrome to use Ubuntu fonts. But can not select other than Ubuntu fonts.

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See solution (Comment 22 by mackst...@gmail.com, Jan 5, 2011)

  • Go to about:flags
  • Click Enable in the "Tabbed Settings" section
  • Scroll to the bottom and click Restart
  • Go to wrench -> Preferences -> Under the Hood -> Web Content -> Change font settings -> Minimum Font Size.

This forces pages to use the minimum size specified. You may also specify font default types to be used (Standard, Serif, Sans-Serif, and Fixed-Width). I am running chrome 19.0.1084.56, and this works for me.

If you see a discrepancy with the provided information above, please, don't hesitate to contact me and correct my understanding of the facts. Always happy to learn more :D.

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And this relates to the original question on how to enable ClearType how exactly? – rustyx Aug 26 '12 at 15:00

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