7/21/14

Original Poster

Liam Fischback

Chrome update causes fuzzy text

So just updated to the latest chrome.... wish i hadn't. Before the text we clear and now the text is fuzzy. I've looked for fixes online but none have addressed the issue. I have window 7x64 and have never had any problems with chrome before. Posted below is version and everything.

36.0.1985.125 (Official Build 283153) m
OS	Windows
Blink	537.36 (@177902)
JavaScript	V8 3.26.31.8
Flash	14.0.0.145
User Agent	Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/36.0.1985.125 Safari/537.36
Command Line	"C:\Users\Fisch\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe" --flag-switches-begin --disable-accelerated-2d-canvas --enable-experimental-canvas-features --flag-switches-end
Executable Path	C:\Users\Fisch\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe
Profile Path	C:\Users\Fisch\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default
Variations	74785582-3f4a17df e950616e-37fb3cc2 8afebf76-7be7c72b c70841c8-a2567007 29f8fea-dffbf7ac 195ce1b5-d93a0620 9e5c75f1-ad69ceb0 24dca50e-837c4893 ca65a9fe-91ac3782 8d790604-9cb2a91c 4ea303a6-3d47f4f4 b2612322-f8cf70e2 ea1014b7-dd21eb5a 5a3c10b5-e1cc0f14 244ca1ac-4ad60575 f47ae82a-746c2ad4 3ac60855-486e2a9c 246fb659-a90023b1 f296190c-3a443afd 4442aae2-6bdfffe7 ed1d377-e1cc0f14 75f0f0a0-e1cc0f14 e2b18481-3a9ae350 e7e71889-4ad60575 cbf0c14e-bf3e6cfd

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7/25/14

Darpeh

Hi Liam. On a hunch I decided to try disabling hardware acceleration in chrome's advanced settings, and... it worked!

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7/23/14

Clint H.

I initiated a bug report, Issue 396772.

I hope it gets some attention. Please star and add any other relevant comments.

Clint

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7/22/14

Natalie Wong

Hello there, Liam Fischback -

Thanks for writing in to the Chrome Browser Forum - welcome!

Let's try and narrow down the issue by following these first steps.

Please check if you have this same issue on other browsers, such as Firefox, Opera and/or Internet Explorer.
Please clarify if you've noticed this behavior across all your websites, or only with particular websites.
Try running these sites via Google Chrome in Incognito Mode. This will temporarily disable your current extensions in case there is a faulty one in there that is interfering with your user experience (Ctrl+Shift+N is the shortcut).

Please let me know what you find in these different scenarios.

Cheers,

Natalie R. W.

7/22/14

Original Poster

Liam Fischback

Thanks for getting back to me so quickly Natalie. Sorry I should have posted that I've tried the other browsers and they do not have any text rendering/display problems. I've tried several websites and all have the blurry/fuzzy text problem in Chrome only. I hadn't tried the incognito mode but did that and the problem remained. Also I've tried the clear text with windows, disabling the high dpi thing in the compatability tab, and even uninstalling and reinstalling... nothing is working.

7/22/14

ross whetter

Hi Liam,

A few people have posted this issue recently and have found than updating to chrome 37 beta fixes the issue. https://www.google.co.uk/intl/en/chrome/browser/beta.html

I also had this issue on 37 beta and found that downgrading to 36 fixed my issue.

Be warned that there are still some bugs in version 37 beta and downgrading in the future will cause some issues, such as you won't be able to use saved passwords, although if you encounter this I can send you a solution.

Hope this helps.

Ross

7/22/14

Clint H.

I'm having the same problem as Liam. I've updated to Chrome 37 with no luck and also installed Canary with the same results. I will say that had installed Canary a month or so ago and uninstalled it because it was making the text blurry as the release, beta and Canary are now. Firefox and IE show clear text. Incognito is no good either.

Thank you for any help or solution.

Clint

7/22/14

Original Poster

Liam Fischback

Ross, I've tried upgrading to 37 beta... no dice... This is only an issue that is in Chrome. It's sad because I love google products but if I keep having to "decypher" (a little exageration) web pages I'm going to have to switch to firefox... or IE... YUCK!!!!

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12/13/14

eNorto

You are the Jesus Darpeh; no doubt!

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