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Keep in mind that the vast majority of users do not change default, so it does not make sense to cater for a small niche audience.
While I agree that DirectWrite has its issues
Well, can DirectWrite be corrected and get all bugs out of DirectWrite before you get rid of the option?
Like it picking the wrong fonts all the time? Standard Font rendering does not have these problems. There are numberous bugs about it, so I wont repost them here.
Dear Ilya,The problem is not about possible bugs. I'm not afraid of bugs.The problem is the main font rendering style of DirectWrite and the fact that it renders more blurry fonts, moreover this behavior can't be changed or customized. By this you present a degradation in font rendering and taking away the freedom from the user to revert your change.Ilya, you haven't answered my question, please do it now. For just a second, please throw away all the agile manifesto, business logic and development idealism, and take a look at these two images. Please do this on a monitor with PPI around (or below) 100 (that most of us use). A 24 inch @ 1680x1050 is perfect.This is GDI...
This is DirectWrite...
View the image in full size (100%) without zooming or shrinking.
Then please use your common sense and tell me, which method renders sharper fonts (GDI or DirectWrite).Here is another example with smaller sizes where the difference is more significant.This is DirectWrite...This is GDI...
That "many people" PhistucK mentioned do complain on other forums. It's another thing that Chrome developers think that this "critical minority" can be ignored because the perception of fonts is just a matter of taste and it's subjective. Could you please ask an optometrist about this? Just take a look at these below. The internet is full of the complaints about DirectWrite and its blurry fonts. Here are some of them.Some of these even exist for years. But all of us seem to be ignored.These were written by users who do care and not by those who don't even notice the change.BestPál Ács
Hello,I have a problem. Chrome is displaying all text in Arial Italics and I cannot change it back to Arial Regular as Google has removed support for DirectWrite from chrome://flags. I need this particular functionality to resolve the issue I am facing.It is unfair for Google to marginalise a section of users without their consent. While you say this function caters to a small section, I know that more people are facing this issue but are unaware of its nature due to lack of technical jargon and knowledge of DirectWrite.Bring it back now. I have fixed this problem before and I can fix it again but you are not letting me. I need it back.Please consider.
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Hi.We use chrome to print web pages for business purposes.We just now ran into a problem where characters are missing when printed. Seems it is a known issue with chrome (links below).
The solution looked like it was to disable DirectWrite. But..can't do that anymore.Appreciate a workaround if there is one. Thank you!
On Tuesday, June 14, 2016 at 4:06:22 AM UTC-5, Pál Ács wrote:Dear Ilya Kulshin and Dear Members of the Chromium Community,I have recently read that DirectWrite is going to be the default alternativeless method for font rendering in newer Chrome releases.Then I found your commit.Seriously I just don't get it why you guys are doing this. Would it be so much of an effort for a billion-dollar company (like Google) to continue supporting GDI? That GDI which performs font-rendering BETTER on Windows 7 than DirectWrite.Could you please compare this ... (DW disabled)... to this (DW enabled)If you think the text on the first one is sharper and more readable, please revert your patches on removing GDI and make it possible to disable DirectWrite again.No, subpixel rendering (ClearType) won't help either. And it's slower, pollutes the colorspace, needs calibration for each monitor and for each brighness level, so much of an annoyance.Hope you make the right decision.BestPál Ács
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If one of the links is broken, you can still search for exact file names using Google or bittorrent search. Always check the file you find on virustotal.com or with an antivirus software. Place these two files in the same folder and start GoogleChromePortable_51.0.2704.106_online.paf.exe. If the installer tries to fetch Chrome from the internet, make sure you have placed 51.0.2704.106_chrome_installer.exe into the same folder. The links above will install a 32-bit version. Note that you will not get security updates so extensions like ScriptSafe are recommended and uBlock Origin is mandatory. You might also want to disable the Flash Player.
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DirectWrite font rendering: http://i.imgur.com/30xOp5T.pngGDI font rendering: http://i.imgur.com/7r99LGL.png
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customized web fonts