Chrome for Windows to offer enhanced font rendering
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- New update integrates ClearType Text Tuner settings for improved text clarity and customization.
Google Chrome users on Windows devices will soon experience an upgrade in font rendering, resulting in a more polished and customizable reading experience. A new feature (spotted by Neowin) will align Chrome with the Windows ClearType Text Tuner, allowing the browser to adopt the user’s preferred contrast and gamma settings.
Historically, Chrome’s text rendering relied on fixed contrast and gamma values for each platform, limiting user customization. This update will significantly address this issue as Chrome on Windows will now respect the personalization established within Windows’ ClearType Text Tuner utility.
The ClearType Text Tuner allows users to fine-tune text clarity for optimal readability. By incorporating these settings, Chrome will deliver a more visually appealing and user-friendly experience, particularly on Windows systems.
This improvement has been highly requested by Chromium-based browser users, making it a welcome enhancement.
Back in 2021, Microsoft implemented the same feature in Edge browser. Through this implementation, Edge on Windows now has improved font rendering that respects user ClearType Tuner settings when applying text contrast enhancement and gamma correction.
