Chrome 37 launches with DirectWrite support

eva2000 · Aug 30, 2014

Interesting changes to Chrome 37 web browser Chrome 37 Launches with DirectWrite Support on Windows

Gogle today released Chrome version 37 for Windows, Mac, and Linux. Among the changes are better-looking fonts on Windows and a revamped password manager; you can update to the latest release now using the browser’s built-in silent updater, or download it directly from google.com/chrome.

Here’s the official Chrome 37.0.2062.94 changelog provided by Google:

DirectWrite support on Windows for improved font rendering.

A number of new apps/extension APIs.

Lots of under the hood changes for stability and performance.

The biggest change in this release is only for Windows users: support for Microsoft’s DirectWrite, a text layout rendering API that first arrived in Windows Vista, has finally been implemented. The question of improving how text appears in the browser on Windows was first brought up in the Chromium bug tracker back in October 2009 but Google only confirmed in June 2014 that it would be enabled by default in Chrome Canary 37.

Click to expand...

If you don't like the DirectWrite changes, you can disable DirectWrite in Chrome 37 web browsers by typing in browser chrome://flags/ and Enable the 'Disable DirectWrite' option.

Also seems Google Chrome 64bit web browser reaches stable status

Update: Also today, Google promoted the 64-bit Windows version to the stable channel.
Click to expand...

eva2000 · Aug 30, 2014

Just updated to Chrome 37 with Win7 and seems bold fonts on this forum are a bit funky now heh

might be related to Issue 395425 - chromium - Chrome suddenly appears zoomed in and blurry

#42 eae@chromium.org
This particular issue is about chrome 37 enabling high-dpi support by default and thus respecting the system DPI settings (which it didn't use to do). It has nothing to do with DirectWrite.

To revert to the old behavior either change the system DPI settings or override it fro Chrome as described in Comment #33.
Click to expand...

possibly fix

#38 marco.ko...@gmail.com
@#36
1. Right click on the Chrome link on your desktop
2. Choose Properties and then add " /high-dpi-support=1 /force-device-scale-factor=1" to the existing Link to your path to chrome.exe.
Click to expand...

rdan · Aug 30, 2014

Just updated mine also

Version 37.0.2062.94 Ubuntu 14.04 (290621)
Click to expand...

Log in / Register

Forums

Welcome to Centmin Mod Community

Chrome 37 launches with DirectWrite support

eva2000 Administrator Staff Member

eva2000 Administrator Staff Member

rdan Well-Known Member

.

Log in / Register

Useful Searches

Welcome to Centmin Mod Community

Chrome 37 launches with DirectWrite support

eva2000 Administrator Staff Member

eva2000 Administrator Staff Member

rdan Well-Known Member

.