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People often write to me in emails and in comments to videos that Photoshop is terribly slow. For some this happens when switching to 3D mode, while for others it just happens in normal mode. In this article I will consider possible reasons that affect the speed and quality of the program, as well as possible solutions to these problems. The official Adobe website provides this information in the form of instructions, but I will try to explain everything in a simpler, accessible language and will save you time searching for solutions to problems in instructions and search engines.

Photoshop slows down when switching to 3D mode

This situation is the most common; over the past six months I have received more than 30 similar questions. People ask, “Why is it that Photoshop works fine for me in normal working mode, but when I turn on the 3D mode, it’s simply impossible to work, everything slows down?”

Possible reasons

In fact, the most common reason is a very simple one - a weak computer video card. Photoshop, especially the latest versions (CC), is demanding on hardware (the technical data of your computer), and the 3D mode requires additional resource costs (RAM and video card memory). Therefore, to work comfortably in 3D mode, you do not need an ordinary “weak” video card (or one built into the motherboard), but at least a middle-class card with at least 2GB of memory on board.

Possible solutions to problems

First of all, make sure that the components of your computer are compatible with the requirements of the program; if you have a built-in video card or a weak one (with memory less than 2GB) and RAM less than 4GB, then you can forget about working with 3D in Photoshop. The program (Photoshop) itself will inform you that working in 3D mode is not possible and this function will be automatically disabled.

If your video card meets the program requirements and there is enough video card memory, then first you should check the video card drivers for the current version, i.e. Do you have new drivers installed? The program may not work correctly due to outdated drivers for your video card.

If you have the latest version of the drivers installed, and the 3D mode is slow, you can try disabling the hardware use of the GPU in the Photoshop settings. To do this, you need to go to the program settings by selecting “Edit” - “Settings” - “Performance” in the top menu.

After this, in the settings window that appears, you need to uncheck the “Use graphics processor” setting and click the “Ok” button.

In addition, Photoshop requires a certain free space on your hard drive to work, and if you don’t have enough of it, the program may slow down because of this. Let's say that you have Photoshop installed on the "C" drive, on which the operating system and other programs are located, which means that by default Photoshop will use the resources it needs to work from your "C" drive, and if you have little space on this drive, Then you can simply change the disk used for Photoshop in the program settings. To do this, you need to go to the program settings by selecting “Editing” - “Settings” - “Working disks” in the top menu.

And in the settings window that opens, look at information about the disk being used and, if necessary, change the program’s working disk by checking the box next to the desired disk and clicking the “Ok” button.

If all these procedures did not help and Photoshop continues to slow down or somehow work incorrectly, while the technical data of your computer meets the program requirements (video card, RAM, processor, etc.), then it is possible two more reasons - errors in the operation of the Photoshop program itself And errors in the operating system(Windows or MacOS). First, check for errors in the Photoshop program; to do this, try completely uninstalling the program from your computer and installing it again - it won’t take much time.

If reinstalling the program did not help solve the problems, then there may be some malfunction in the operation of your operating system. I would not recommend rushing to reinstall the operating system, because it takes a lot of time, and it will also remove all your previously installed programs. If you have previously noticed some “pop-up” windows with errors when working in the operating system or other programs (not Photoshop) also do not work correctly for you (they slow down, freeze, crash), then it’s definitely worth trying to reinstall the operating system. If you have a freshly installed operating system or everything works fine except Photoshop, then most likely the problem is not in the operating system.

Photoshop slows down in normal operating mode

In this situation, solutions to problems are similar to cases with working in 3D mode, but most often they are related specifically to the technical characteristics of your computer. If your computer generally works fine, but Photoshop is slow, then most likely you just have a “weak computer”.

To solve this problem, you can try the following steps:

1. First, make sure that your computer meets the technical specifications necessary to run Photoshop (video card at least 1GB, RAM at least 2GB);
2. Try disabling the use of the GPU (this should help the program run faster);
3. Try changing the program's working disk to a disk with more free space (if your disk on which Photoshop is installed contains less than 4-5 GB of free space);
4. Try reinstalling Photoshop (if your computer is powerful enough, but the program is slow);
5. Try using an earlier version of the Photoshop program (Photoshop CS6 works much faster than new versions of SS and will work stably on a weak computer, due to the fact that it contains fewer functions and, accordingly, capabilities. But CS6 is suitable for most design tasks, it all depends on , what you plan to do in the program.)
6. Try reinstalling the operating system (this is a last resort option and is effective if other programs are slowing down or you are experiencing some errors in the system in the form of pop-up warning windows).

Of course, it is not always possible to say for sure why the Photoshop program does not work correctly or is slow, but the options given are the most common cases. If all the described options do not lead to a positive result, then in your case you need to individually deal with the problem that has arisen, for which you can contact specialists who install and configure the software, or independently use search engines to look for options, rummage through instructions, etc. p..

Performance in this case is not “how to arrange toolbars” or “use actions and hotkeys”, but what to put in the settings so that it doesn’t slow down and moves tons of pictures faster when they fall on it.

Contrary to my expectations, there are not many publications on this topic in RuNet. So the basis of the material will be the article 10 Simple Steps to Better Photoshop Performance, published on Smashing Magazine. Explanations about cache levels and available RAM have been added to it, since this is quite interesting. Well, as usual, I’ll post another free font and another prize;-)

Free font "Airport"

I thank both of them for the fact that this font appeared and can be used.

Well, now about Photoshop.

History

In Edit > Preferences > Performance you can set how many steps back Photoshop will remember to undo:

Cache

I didn’t figure out what this cache was right away. The poetic “It controls the histogram and the time it takes an image to reappear on the screen after an action is applied to it” didn’t explain anything to me at all, so I had to look it up elsewhere.

In order not to slow down when viewing an image at different scales, Photoshop generates several copies: by default 100, 50, 25 and 12.5%. This is necessary when, for example, using a filter, you use a preview; the program could filter out not the entire image, but its small copy, which is faster.

If everything is fine with your RAM and you have to load heavy pictures, then you can set the cache to 6 or 8:

It seems that after I set the cache to eight (this is the maximum value), Photoshop began to slow down for me. But I can’t vouch for it because I didn’t follow it very closely.

If you work mainly with large numbers of small pictures, then set it to 1-2. This will free up RAM for storing the images themselves, and not their reduced copies.

RAM

In the same settings item Edit > Preferences > Performance there is a slider that determines how much memory our baby will consume.

I’ll note right away that Available RAM will not display all of your installed memory, but only the part not reserved by Windows and other programs. Of my four gigs, only 1653 MB are available.

By default, in Windows, Photoshop uses 55% of the available memory (that is, from those same 1653 MB), in MacOS - 70%. I move the slider to 100:

At the bottom of the Photoshop window, to the right of the scale field, there is an information panel. It can display various differences, including information about the use of RAM. If it says Efficiency: 100%, then this means that by providing more memory to Photoshop, you will speed up its work. Unfortunately, I have nowhere to add anything, but the effiency is still 100%.

I saw a mention on the Internet that using the boot.ini file you can increase the amount of memory allocated to Photoshop. But I have no idea how this is done, so I haven’t started digging into it yet. Maybe later someday.

Scratch Disks

I understand that this is like a swap file in Windows. If the boot disk is small, then in order not to fill it up, you can specify another one for placement. In addition, if there is another physical disk, then in theory it makes more sense to throw a swap file on it - theoretically this should speed up the work. In practice, I didn't notice any difference. And today I decided to show him two disks. Let's see if this somehow changes how Photoshop feels.

Viewing fonts

There is a Font Preview Size option in Edit > Preferences > Type. It affects how the font palette will look when you select a font.

If you remove the checkbox

it will be like this:

And if you check the box and select, for example, Huge from the drop-down list

then like this:

Theoretically, if there are a lot of fonts, then displaying their previews can slow down Photoshop.

Previews in panels

If Photoshop is really slow for you, then you can turn off thumbnails in palettes along with font previews.

Well, or disable Photoshop itself:

Using a blizzard

While working, Photoshop stores Undo, clipboard and Hystory. There is a Purge item in the Edit menu. Why it is called that is clear - as if a strong wind blows away the entire history of changes, the steps of the Andushkas and what lies in our buffer:

Maximize Compatibility

Set Maximize Compatibility on gaskets to Always. This should help compatibility with previous versions of Photoshop. Although recently it didn’t help me. I had to save the layouts in typhus.

Photoshop > Preferences > File Handling

Conclusion

Also, Marco Suosa, the author of the original article, recommends that we not clutter Photoshop with a bunch of brushes, gradients, styles and plugins. They say, why do you need this mess? But in my opinion, this entirely depends on the person’s working style. Many people are very good at navigating the mess on their desks, in folders, in the trunk. So why is Photoshop an exception?

And lastly, if all this rubbish has completely clouded your mind and you no longer know how to put everything back in place, when launching Photoshop, click Alt + Control + Shift for Windows or Command + Option + Shift for Mac. And everything is as if nothing had happened - all settings are at default ;-)

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Hello everyone, I use the Yandex browser and recently I began to notice that the images on sites are displayed with some poor quality, despite the fact that in other browsers everything is fine. The changes occurred after the automatic update of the Yandex browser. After much experimentation, I managed to figure out what was going on.

Let's take a look at 2 images (200% zoom). Yandex browser on the left, Google Chrome on the right. In Chrome, the picture is displayed normally (although the quality of the photo itself is not very good), but if you look at the same picture through the Yandex browser, you get the feeling that the photo was taken with a bad 0.3 Mpx camera. There is noise and graininess - I don’t know what to call it correctly, take a look and you will understand everything yourself.

What did you try to do?

• Initially, I tinkered with the video card settings;
• Then I made the mistake of caching images, cleared the cache in the browser settings - it didn’t help;
• I updated the Yandex browser - it didn’t help.
• I tried turning Turbo mode on and off, but it didn’t help.

How to restore image quality in Yandex browser

Out of desperation, I went into the Yandex browser settings and started looking at what was on and off. As a result, I found the item “Optimize images to save RAM” - unchecked it and everything was restored. If you have similar problems, then below I have attached instructions on where this option is located.

How to restore image quality in Yandex browser

Browser version v. 18.2.1.174

1. Go to settings

2. Scroll to the very bottom and click on the “Show additional settings” button.

3. Scroll down and look for the “System” tab.

Disable and restart the browser. The quality of the pictures should be restored.

If you have a different browser version, there may be differences in the settings. Just do as I did, carefully study all the settings and find the “Optimize images to save RAM” item. Uncheck the box and restart the browser.

Agree, it’s almost impossible to work when all the characters on the screen are blurry and ripple. I know firsthand this problem and the pain in the eyes when working on a computer for a long time with such text. Unfortunately, no one is immune from this and, I hope, thanks to this article, we will be able to “overcome” blurry font.

The problem of blurry font did not escape the Tens users. This is usually encountered when updating the operating system.

Before we start looking at ways to fix blurry font, I would like to add something. Perhaps the problem is not in the operating system and everything is much simpler. Before you start performing the operations below, we strongly recommend that you check whether the screen resolution on your computer is set correctly. There is a possibility that the reason for the blurry font is a mismatch between the resolution of your monitor and the operating system. Have you checked? Has the blurry font disappeared? Then let's begin.

Typically, blurry font appears as a result of applying an incorrect scale. There are two ways to fix this problem: by changing the scale for an individual application or for the system as a whole.

Fix blurry fonts in apps in Windows 10

If the font is blurred not in your system, but in one or more programs, then this method is for you. With the help of the steps below, you will get rid of ripple letters whether it is Skype or Windows Media Player.

Right-click on the shortcut of the program you are interested in, go to “Properties”, then select the “Compatibility” tab.

Check the box to disable image scaling at high screen resolutions and click OK.

Fixing blurry fonts in Windows 10

If the font is blurry throughout the system, then the above method will not suit you. Fortunately, there are several ways to eliminate blurry fonts in Windows 10 in general.

In this method we will reduce the number of dots per inch (dpi), this is not as difficult as it seems.

If you don't like the result of the work done above, there is another option. Its essence is that we are returning scaling methods from Windows 7 and Windows 8 to Windows 10. Sometimes this gives much better results than with standard settings.

Ready! All that remains is to reboot the system and enjoy the absence of headaches after working at a computer with blurry characters.

How to fix blurry fonts in Windows 7

Everyone's favorite "seven" can also become a victim of blurry font. The root of the problem is the “crooked” ClearType font smoothing, which is used everywhere in Windows 7, even where it is not particularly needed. It would be possible to simply disable ClearType, but, unfortunately, this is not always enough.

To solve the problem, you can use several methods:

Disable ClearType Antialiasing

The first two methods are very easy to implement. To disable antialiasing, follow these steps:

This completes the first method of eliminating blurry font.

"XP style scale"

The second method is as simple as the previous one.

We follow the same steps as above until step 1.4. and go to the “Screen” menu. There we select the item “Other font size (dots per inch)”.

A kind of ruler will appear on which we correct the scale to 100% and check the “Use Windows XP style scales” checkbox.

Old fonts

The last method will seem more difficult for an inexperienced user, but we can handle it.

The essence of this method is to use old fonts; for this we will have to make changes to the registry, but first things first.

The first thing you need to do is create a file with the .reg extension and copy the code below into it.

"CaptionFont"=hex:f5,ff,ff,ff,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,bc,02,00,00,\

"IconFont"=hex:f5,ff,ff,ff,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,90,01,00,00,00,\

00,00,00,00,\

"MenuFont"=hex:f5,ff,ff,ff,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,90,01,00,00,00,\
00,00,01,00,00,00,00,54,00,61,00,68,00,6f,00,6d,00,61,00,00,00,00,00,00,00, \

00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00
"MessageFont"=hex:f5,ff,ff,ff,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,90,01,00,00,\

,00,00,00,\
00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00
"SmCaptionFont"=hex:f5,ff,ff,ff,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,bc,02,00,\
00,00,00,00,01,00,00,00,00,54,00,61,00,68,00,6f,00,6d,00,61,00,00,00,00,00, \
00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,\
00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00
"StatusFont"=hex:f5,ff,ff,ff,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,90,01,00,00,\
00,00,00,01,00,00,00,00,54,00,61,00,68,00,6f,00,6d,00,61,00,00,00,00,00,00, \
00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,\
00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00

Not long ago I started using a laptop running 64-bit Windows 8.1 with a FullHD display. Since I am an active Internet user, I immediately encountered a problem, which is the blurry fonts of my favorite browser, Google Chrome, and some other programs.

Of course, the problem of blurry text was observed not only in Google Chrome, but also in the Yandex browser (most likely, Opera also suffers from this drawback, but I stopped using it a long time ago). Whereas in Mozilla FireFox and even Internet Explorer11 everything was fine.

Since I had no intention of giving up Google Chrome, I had to look for solutions to my problem, which, as it turned out, affected not only me. The drawback I described began to manifest itself quite a long time ago, at least a year ago it was already present (and most likely, it was always present), but the developers, for some reason, decided not to fight it, at least actively. Despite the fact that the problem is widespread, I have never found any separate posts describing its solution, so I decided to write my own.

The whole problem is that for some reason the creators of Goolge Chrome did not teach the browser to support correct scaling in Windows. As a result the browser does not inform the system that it is DPI-aware and the system, in turn, stretches small font to a readable size, resulting in a loss of clarity on the screen.

On many forums, in threads dedicated to this bug, the most common methods of dealing with it are recommended:

1. Clear cookies;
2. Remove built-in Flash plugin;
3. Update the video card driver;
4. Disable image scaling on high screen resolutions for Chrome;
5. Disable Windows scaling completely;

The first two of the listed options, I consider it obvious nonsense, I can’t even imagine the people who were helped by such advice. Considering that the problem appeared immediately after installing the application, then what kind of history cleaning can we talk about?!

Perhaps the third option helped someone, which is also doubtful. After all, if browsers like FireFox work perfectly, then the problem is clearly not in the driver, but in Chrome itself.

The fourth option helps somewhat and if you have very sharp eyesight, it will come in handy for you. Personally, it did not suit me because of the rather small fonts, icons and everything else that I would like to observe during normal work with the program, despite the fact that I have vision equal to one.

The fifth option does everything the fourth does, but for the entire system in general. But, after taking such measures, you will no longer have to observe blurry fonts on your computer in any application.

I did not intend to stop in my research, which led me to one material dated June 4, 2014, which stated that 06/3/2014 Google announced 64-bit Chrome for users of Windows 7 and Windows 8. The article provided a link to download the product, which I was quick to use. As it turned out, I installed the program for good reason, you can see the result in the screenshot below:

Periodically, after updating the Chrome browser, users had problems with the font: it became soapy, fuzzy, blurry, etc. Up to version 51 inclusive, this problem was easily solved, but updating to version 52 brought a big surprise to all browser users...

How to explain such a step is absolutely unclear, but on forums, including the official Google forum, there are a huge number of angry reviews with requests and even demands to return everything back.

At the time of writing, August 6, we already have the next version of the Chrome browser (52.0.2743.116), but nothing has changed. Apparently the developers know better which font is more convenient for users and should not give them freedom of choice...

What problems may occur in the browser?

A problem with fonts can manifest itself in different ways. For some, the font is simply blurry and unclear. For some, the bold font has a shadow or is not at all different from the usual one:

Someone has problems with the display of the font on the VKontakte website: it is cloudy, completely unreadable, cuts and strains the eyes. Example:

For some, instead of black, all the letters are gray, barely visible on a white background:

And some users experience complete nonsense and horror: the fonts are broken and look crooked:

How to solve the problem with fonts in Google Chrome and return them to a readable state?

If Chrome version is 51 and lower, then you, and if 52 and higher, then listen carefully... Currently, there is no solution to how to make fonts clearer using Chrome itself - the developers have deprived users of influencing this by removing the DirectWrite parameter from the experimental settings!

There are only two ways to solve this problem:

• First, switch to another browser, such as Firefox. By the way, the latest versions of Opera have the same problem with fonts as Chrome, since they are based on the same engine.
• Secondly, roll back Chrome to the previous version, more precisely to the one where the problem was not yet present (51.0.2704.106), and configure the DirectWrite parameter. But there is one catch...

Google developers have outwitted everyone here too :) It is impossible to rollback through the settings of the browser itself - there is no such option. Even if you uninstall the current version of the program, you will not find installation files of previous versions on the official website.

How to roll back to a previous version of Google Chrome

All that remains is this diagram:

Anyone who wants can search on their own, but we have already found it, downloaded it, and now we are sharing with you a link on Yandex.Disk: Google Chrome 51.0.2704.106 (there is a version for both 64bit and 32bit systems).

1. Before deleting Chrome, synchronize all the necessary data with your Google account so that it does not disappear! To do this, in the address window of your browser, type chrome://settings/syncSetup and press enter. In the window that opens, check the boxes next to all the necessary items, or better yet, just select the “Synchronize everything” option, as in the screenshot below - it will be more reliable :)

Wait a while for synchronization to complete, especially if you previously disabled this option.

1. After installing version 51.0.2704.106, return your previous Chrome settings by syncing and be sure to disable automatic updates to the latest version, otherwise the browser will be updated again and everything done will go down the drain!

How to disable Chrome updates

To prevent the browser from updating, we do one trick. Go to the folder c:\Program Files\Google\Update\ or c:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Update\, if you have a 64-bit version of the OS, delete the file GoogleUpdate.exe.

That's it, no problems :) On the Internet they recommend editing registry entries, changing Windows group policies, adding administrative templates, etc., etc. As always, most of these instructions were written by those who did not do any of this themselves, but simply copied from each other . None of this is needed. Just delete the GoogleUpdate.exe file and Chrome will no longer be able to update.

When, after some time, you decide to install the latest version of Google Chrome (if this happens), simply manually download the installation file from the official website and run it. No problem!

P.S. (Update 06/2018)

Many users were helped by changing the font-cache-scaling parameter in the experimental settings. To do this, copy and paste into the address bar chrome://flags/#enable-font-cache-scaling, then select the “Disabled” state as shown in the screenshot:

Friends, did you manage to solve the problem of blurry fuzzy font in Google Chrome using these instructions? Share this article with your friends using the social buttons. networks - they will definitely thank you, because they probably experience the same problems with fonts as you.

Today there will be a purely technical post.

So, those of you who bought a laptop with a resolution higher than or equal to 1920 by 1080 have probably already noticed that fonts at this resolution can look extremely small. The solution may be to enable the scaling feature in Windows. For example, I have font enlargement enabled by 160 percent.

But if after such enlargement you launch the browser, you will notice an amazing metamorphosis - all pages, as well as system fonts, will look blurry and enlarged just up to 160 percent (in my case). Those. Not only fonts will float, but also pictures.

For chromium-based browsers (and these are Chrome, Yandex Browser, Amigo, Opera browsers above version 12.17) there is a solution that allows you to return the unstretched display of pages and fonts to their homeland.

This instruction was written and tested on the new browser Vivaldi, created by people from the Opera 12 team. Yes, it no longer works on the Presto engine, but it tries to preserve the features of the old Opera.

What it looks like:

The screenshot does not reflect the horror of the blur, but believe me, in reality the blur is simply catastrophic. But after applying the tweaks, it’s like a veil falls from your eyes! :)

So here are the instructions themselves (alternative input options for other Chromium-based browsers are indicated in parentheses):

Solving the problem of blurry fonts (with scaling enabled in Windows)

The method is equally suitable for any chromiuim-based browser.

So:
1. In the properties of the browser shortcut, after vivaldi.exe (chrome.exe), insert the line:
--high-dpi-support=1 --force-device-scale-factor=1

We get something in the style:
"C:\Vivaldi\Application\vivaldi.exe --high-dpi-support=1 --force-device-scale-factor=1"

2. Go to vivaldi://flags (chrome://flags)
We find:
" Disable DirectWrite Windows
Disable the test DirectWrite font rendering system. #disable -direct-write
and press "Turn on", and then restart the browser.

Thus, we return the real scale to fonts and images, and also make them clear and unblurred.

(in relation to Vivaldi): Unfortunately, this will cause the fonts in the browser to become very small. To increase system fonts - for example in tabs, menus, open the file common.css (for me it is located at: c:\Vivaldi\Application\1.0.162.4\resource es\vivaldi\style) and replace the line:
font-size:11.5px
for example per line
font-size:15.5px

To change fonts on web pages, enter vivaldi://chrome/settings/fonts (chrome://settings/fonts), select " Download extension for customizing fonts". (for other browsers, setting fonts is possible without downloading the extension, but in the extension, fonts can be configured in more detail)

This is the extension we are talking about:
chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/advanc. ..keecicepbmbm/related

After installing the extension, go to the address:
chrome-extension://caclkomlalccbpcdllchk eecicepbmbm/options.html
and customize the fonts for yourself.

z.y. By the way, if you use the portable version of Chrome, then the launch parameters can be specified in the ini file GoogleChromePortable.ini, which must be created in the same folder where GoogleChromePortable.exe is located

Contents of the GoogleChromePortable.ini file:

And if you want the portable version of Chrome to open all web links from other programs, then replace the value of the parameter in the registry
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\ChromeHTML\shell\open\c ommand
"GoogleChromePortable\App\Chrome-bin\chr ome.exe"
on
"GoogleChromePortable\GoogleChromePortab le.exe"

The Google Chrome browser is marching victoriously around the world. Many millions of users download and install this popular browser.

And everyone wants and, most importantly, can customize it for themselves, make it more convenient. For example, you can change fonts that are installed by default and are unsatisfactory to the user for various reasons. This can be done quickly and easily by following the instructions below.

Font settings

First, you need to open your browser and go to settings in Chrome by clicking on the three dots in the right corner of the monitor (in older versions - three horizontal lines or a wrench).

In the menu that appears, select the “Settings” section.

Next, you need to click on “Show advanced settings” at the very bottom.

Then a dialog box will open where you will need to select the “Page View” line and the “Customize Fonts” subsection.

Here you can select both the size and type of font, as well as the encoding, which may be configured incorrectly, resulting in incorrect display of the pages of some sites.

Solving the problem of blurry and fuzzy fonts

Unfortunately, when updating the Google Chrome browser, developer bugs often appear. One of these bugs is problems with the correct display of fonts: after installing a later version, they become cloudy and lacking in contrast. But, much to the happiness of Google fans, this can be solved.

Starting from version 52, programmers for some reason removed the function of individual font customization using the useful “DirectWrite Windows” option, which perfectly solved the problem of blurry and unclear fonts with one click of a button. Now, unfortunately, this option is no longer available. And although many users demanded to restore this parameter, the developers did not heed them, and in the 53rd version there is no “DirectWrite Windows” function either. Well, well, Google programmers know better, and we will adapt to the created conditions.

Browser problems

They can present themselves in different ways in the browser. On some OSes the font simply floats, on others shadows appear, and on popular social networks (VKontakte, for example) they can be generally indistinguishable and quite strain the eyesight. For some, the letters look like they were not printed, and also crooked and slanted. All this makes surfing the Internet unpleasant and annoying.

To solve this problem, you should check the current version of Chrome. You need to type “chrome://help/” into the search engine and press “Enter”. A window will appear with information about the browser version.

If version 52 or higher, then troubleshooting tips are below. There are only two solutions to the problem:

• change browser, for example, to Firefox. Opera, by the way, has the same engine and similar problems;
• roll back Google Chrome to a version lower than 52 and enable the “DirectWrite” option.

But here the problem arises, where to get the old version. After all, you can only download the latest Chrome on the official website.

Rollback to old version

You will have to follow these steps:

Before uninstalling Google Chrome, you will need to synchronize (if not already done) with your Google account to save all your data. To do this, go to “Settings”, click on the “Login to account” button and in the window that appears, click “Other options” - “Create a new account”.

And following all the prompts, create a Google account and set up synchronization by selecting the necessary parameters, as in the screenshot below.

When you first start it, you need to type “chrome://flags/” in the address bar and in the window that opens, select the fourth line from the top with the value “Disable DirectWrite Windows” and click the “Enable” button. Then you will need to restart Chrome. After installing the old version, do not forget to disable the update in the browser, otherwise everything will go down the drain.

Disabling the update

In order to do this, you need to open the folder with the program, by default it is c:\Program Files\Google\Update\ and delete this file:

Now there is no threat of any Google Chrome update. Some people advise deleting registry values, etc. But none of this is needed, deleting GoogleUpdate is quite enough.

Selecting a language in the Chrome browser

When you launch Google Chrome for the first time, you may need to change the language. This is necessary for the browser to display web pages correctly. To adjust the settings, go to the “Settings” menu – “Show other settings” – “Languages” – “Change language settings”.

A dialog box will appear in which you can select the option to translate pages and the option to check spelling. You need to find a language from the list that will be used, and if it is not there, then add it (button at the bottom left).

In the window on the right, click on the “Display Google Chrome in this language” frame and restart the browser for all changes to take effect.

In Chrome, you can add or remove languages, sort them one by one according to your taste. If the user uses Windows OS, then it is possible to configure the settings for East Asian languages ​​with complex fonts. It is recommended to add only the necessary languages, because phishing websites may use similar characters to spoof the URL.

If necessary, you can write in Chinese and Hindi in Chrome. To do this, you only need an extension from the Google store - “Chrome extension” and setting the language settings that use complex scripts in Windows.