Changing Chrome's fonts?

[yonyz]

Hi,

I'm using Google Chrome on Windows 7, and I don't like its default fonts. Is there a way to force Chrome to use fonts other than those of the website or the operating system?

I'd like to use Verdana or Helvetica.

Thanks in advance.

 

[richc46]

i have contacted our Chrome specialist, he should be he soon.

 

[Jonathan_King]

Why yes, there is!

Click the wrench icon in the upper-right corner, and click Options. Navigate to Under the Hood, and scroll down to the Font section. See attached screenshots.


Hope this helps,
~Jonathan

 

[richc46]

Thank you Jonathan, for sharing your expertise with the poster and all other interested members.

 

[yonyz]

I've changed the fonts there, but it doesn't affect 99% of the websites I tried.

 

[Jonathan_King]

While there is a slight possibility of a bug in Chrome, it is more likely that other sites are just overriding Chrome's default settings. Have you ever seen a browser that can do what you are looking for?

What sites are you trying?

 

[yonyz]

Yes, Firefox can do it, because it has this option called "Allow pages to choose their own fonts, instead of my selections...". However, I do not like using Firefox.

You can try it on just about any website.

 

[Jonathan_King]

I am sorry to say that Chrome has no such option. The best it has is a default font, that in most cases will be overridden by the page.

That's one thing that bugs me about Chrome, the lack of options like FF has.

 

[pcs3657]

Edit it

Edit the 'Preferences' file



Using text editor to open "Documents and Settings\User_Name\Local Settings\Application Data\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\Preferences"
Look for the section of code that looks like the following example (if its not in the file, try adding it yourself)
"webkit": {
"webprefs": {
"default_fixed_font_size": 11,
"default_font_size": 12,
"fixed_font_family": "Bitstream Vera Sans Mono",
"minimum_font_size": 12,
"minimum_logical_font_siz": 12,
"sansserif_font_family": "Times New Roman",
"serif_font_family": "Arial",
"standard_font_is_serif": false,
"text_areas_are_resizable": true
}
}


Thats it

 

[yonyz]

Thanks, but I've already gone as far as using OS X Leopard most of the time (though I only installed it 3 days ago), because I love its fonts and the overall "user experience". I still have 7 installed, though, for gaming. I'm just dual-booting...