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No longer works with Chrome 35 #111

Open GoogleCodeExporter opened 8 years ago

GoogleCodeExporter commented 8 years ago 
What steps will reproduce the problem?
1. No steps necessary. The new Chrome version just broke MacType. 

What version of the product are you using? On what operating system?
Latest version of MacType on Windows 8.1 x64

Please provide any additional information below.
I understand that probably nobody is working on this software anymore, but just 
in case.

Original issue reported on code.google.com by Streptoc...@gmail.com on 26 May 2014 at 1:54

GoogleCodeExporter commented 8 years ago 
Please close this

chrome://flags/

#enable-direct-write

Original comment by knmnm...@gmail.com on 7 Jun 2014 at 3:51

GoogleCodeExporter commented 8 years ago 
#1, thank you, that solved the problem! Chrome 37 also requires that flag

Original comment by shadowvl...@gmail.com on 19 Jun 2014 at 8:49

GoogleCodeExporter commented 8 years ago 
With DirectWrite disabled, certain Chinese characters (small characters in 
SimSun) still won't render as expected under Chrome 37.

Original comment by qfuxi...@gmail.com on 1 Sep 2014 at 1:23

GoogleCodeExporter commented 8 years ago 
It's the same with Japanese. With Directwrite disabled, kana are rendered 
properly, but kanji are still rendered as Windows' default.

Original comment by csermely...@gmail.com on 5 Sep 2014 at 12:04

GoogleCodeExporter commented 8 years ago 
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GoogleCodeExporter commented 8 years ago 
Windows Registry editing fixed the font thickness issue for me perfectly, we 
can tune the font thickness/darkness by calibrating FONTSMOOTHINGGAMMA value to 
between 150 and 190 hexadecimal( 336 to 400 decimal )

- START -> RUN -> REGEDIT
- search for FONTSMOOTHINGGAMMA by keying " Ctrl F " ( will automatically take 
us to CurrentUser\ControlPanel\Desktop path)
- double-click mouse on FONTSMOOTHINGGAMMA enter anything between 150 and 190 
hexadecimal.(the Lower the value, the thicker the fonts.)
- close the REGEDIT tool
- LOGOFF and then LOGON

Now all the fonts are very thick & very dark in Chrome Browser.

But we must make sure that ClearType smoothing is enabled in Windows( 
controlPanel -> personalization -> appearance -> Effects -> ClearType smooth 
check [ ticked box ] )

OR alternately in RegEdit ...

FONTSMOOTHING=2
FONTSMOOTHINGTYPE=2
FONTSMOOTHINGORIENTATION=1 for LCD-screen, 0 for CRT-screen

Original comment by yv.rao...@gmail.com on 27 Oct 2014 at 8:29