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Walter PrattAug 31, 2022

Issues: 1) replaces to Arial!!! My eyes are bleeding. Should better have a user-configured default sans font; 2) replaces monospaced to Arial!!! My eyes are bleeding. Should better have a user-configured default monospace font; 3) replaces serif to Arial!!! My eyes are bleeding. Should better have a user-configured default serif font. 4) Probably breaks font metrics, so on-line editors misplace text caret. For me it's definitely broken. Otherwise extension is working good, it really makes all... Show more

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Hans-Harald GlattAug 12, 2021

Thank you, this comes in very handy to solve the new Twitter font dilemma.

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Alex WoodMar 8, 2021

Unfortunately it no longer seems to work. seleting an area of text, right click, select Block Custom Font and nothign is added to the list....

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Vlad TyumOct 2, 2019

Rudie, thank you very much for the extension. Yet accounting an issue. Nowadays it changes fonts to limited list like Arial, Verdana. Could you please add "Default" option?

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DavidFeb 26, 2019

Fantastic way to fix unreadable fonts on websites. Finally, I can get clear, unaliased, sans serif fonts without resorting to a reader app (Pocket/Instapaper/Mercury). Interface is very simple and each website is permanently fixed.

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László BorosJan 15, 2019

Super simple to use and yet super effective. I'm tired of unreadable thin fonts!

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Gardien LainagierSep 20, 2018

I don't use font anti-aliasing and as a result, Google's new UI design is a complete trainwreck. This particular design oversight isn't terribly uncommon, unfortunately, but usually I can fix an ugly site by simply not going there. Depressing as it is to admit, this isn't an option with Gmail et al. So this extension is exactly what I need - no more Roboto, no more Google Sans, no more stupid eyestrain! Thankyou! I should give it four stars because there's slightly more I'd like to see (easi... Show more

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Gus FahrendorfApr 27, 2018

Highlight font area Right click to block font - This one works Thank you

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Brad SmithOct 21, 2017

As someone who always has font anti-aliasing turned off, this is an essential tool for making the web readable again. Thanks very much! It works great!

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Cassidy inmanOct 6, 2017

Good extension to block fonts.

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