chrome overall font rendering issue 2016

I encountered a similar problem last night when I updated my Chromium-based Browser (Vivaldi). Text, especially certain colors or text against certain backgrounds, looked horrible. It looked jagged, unnatural or sometimes blurry. Luckily, I've rectified the issue:

  • Type chrome://flags in the url bar and hit enter.
  • Enable DirectWrite if you still have it disabled.
  • Scroll down to LCD text antialiasing and select Enabled.
  • Relaunch the browser.

Text should now appear crisp and smooth.


Resetting all chrome flags to default fixed this for me. I must have done something "iffy" in the past that I couldn't remember.


If by chance you're using Chrome/Firefox on Windows 10, I found the fix!

Control panel > Fonts > Adjust Clear Type

Follow the instructions and bam! All fonts on all browsers are clear and no longer jagged or blurry. :-)


On Chrome 60.0.3112.113, in chrome://flags I set "Accelerated 2D canvas" to Disabled and this fixed the issue for me

I was accessing Chrome via RDC