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These fonts are so big and ugly. The only thing I can think of that could have caused this is: The other day some of my desktop icons were the placeholder white page, I used "Windows Shortcut Arrow Editor" (x64) to change to classic shortcut arrows and then back again, which repaired my icons. Then this happened.

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Also, if I mouse over one of these links, the blue underline is broken where the bolded text is.

The only other things I can think might be affecting this are possibly Stardocks's Fences, Start8, or ModernMix apps, though I doubt it as they've been on this PC for weeks at least. Also, I do have the DPI and ClearType set up already. This just began occurring out of the blue. I also tried resetting font settings to default both in Chrome and the Control Panel.

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have you tried reinstalling Chrome itself? – ᔕᖺᘎᕊ Sep 29 '14 at 20:02
    
Yes I have already re-installed Chrome - twice, even - once before and after removing possible culprits. – Mecharuva Sep 29 '14 at 20:35
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Not a duplicate. Issue has been resolved, not related to DPI or DirectWrite. EVGA PrecisionX 16 broke a font, it had to be reinstalled. – Mecharuva Sep 30 '14 at 16:38
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I have also been having this issue recently. I'm not sure how long this has been the case, but apparently DirectWrite has been enabled by default. I disabled it by navigating to chrome://flags/#disable-direct-write and clicking enable (enabling the disable). This solved the problem for me.

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Actually, although this does fix it, it may not be preferable because the fonts don't quite look normal. I found out that my problem actually comes from EVGA PrecisionX 16 which I installed the other day. If this is your problem, you have to reinstall one of your fonts. The easiest way I found was to go into your command prompt, and type copy C:\Windows\Fonts\arialbd.ttf <destination folder>. If you are on Windows 7, then use arialbd_0.ttf instead. Then navigate to that folder, click on it, and install it, saying ok to whatever prompt appears. This fixed the issue for me and I have re enabled DirectWrite.

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I did not think of that at all, I did also install PrecisionX 16 just before this occurred. Thank you so much. – Mecharuva Sep 30 '14 at 5:14
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One of those programs you mentioned definitely could cause a change in font since that is their intentions. Start9 and ModernMix could be your culprets. Also double check on your chrome font manually too. It seems like you are using a nonstandard font which would cause what you are describing. If your Chrome font seems normal then try disabling/ uninstalling the other two programs to see if there is any change. If that still doesn't work then reinstall those two programs and Chrome itself too.

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I'll try removing the Stardock apps, but I've already reinstalled Chrome, and I'm not using any non-standard fonts. Will report back with results. Edit: Just uninstalled all three Stardock programs and rebooted. No dice. Will try reinstalling Chrome again now. – Mecharuva Sep 29 '14 at 20:12
    
I know Fences would definitely not affect it. – Eric F Sep 29 '14 at 20:13
    
Well, now I've: uninstalled the Stardock programs, rebooted, reinstalled Chrome, and still no change. I think I may have to go back to a restore point. That'll be lame if so, considering I've been re-downloading my Steam library today... – Mecharuva Sep 29 '14 at 20:23

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