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disabling directwrite in chrome
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if you've noticed that all fonts look a bit different in chrome, it's because directwrite is enabled by default as of a few updates ago

I can't stand what it does to small font sizes (particularly Verdana -- it's what posts are rendered in on this site and what's used on reddit) so I've had it disabled for a while now

to fix:

  1. head to chrome://flags in your address bar
  2. search for 'Disable DirectWrite'
  3. hit 'Enable'
  4. restart browser

the phrasing is beyond confusing so I've attached screenshots:

what it should like like before disabling directwrite:

http://i.imgur.com/uB6QoZb.png

what it should look like after disabling directwrite:

http://i.imgur.com/8PJuM0Z.png

YMMV

if you've noticed that all fonts look a bit different in chrome, it's because directwrite is enabled by default as of a few updates ago

I can't stand what it does to small font sizes (particularly Verdana -- it's what posts are rendered in on this site and what's used on reddit) so I've had it disabled for a while now

to fix:
[olist]
[*] head to [url=chrome://flags]chrome://flags[/url] in your address bar
[*] search for 'Disable DirectWrite'
[*] hit 'Enable'
[*] restart browser
[/olist]


the phrasing is beyond confusing so I've attached screenshots:

what it should like like before disabling directwrite:
[img]http://i.imgur.com/uB6QoZb.png[/img]

what it should look like after disabling directwrite:
[img]http://i.imgur.com/8PJuM0Z.png[/img]

YMMV
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god bless

god bless
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#3
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thank you!

thank you!
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#4
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Thanks.

Thanks.
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#5
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http://teamfortress.tv/thread/20251/mactype

http://teamfortress.tv/thread/20251/mactype
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#6
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directwrite was also making my mouse lag if i moused over text on some pages

directwrite was also making my mouse lag if i moused over text on some pages
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