Overwrites fonts of web-sites.

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Version
0.0.2
Update
October 14, 2017
Size
47.6KiB
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Users
526
Rating
4.35714 ★
Manifest Version
2
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Languages Support
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Source Manifest.json

{"update_url": "https://clients2.google.com/service/update2/crx", "manifest_version": 2, "name": "Font Overwrite", "description": "Overwrites fonts of web-sites.", "version": "0.0.2", "permissions": [ "storage" ], "options_page": "options.html", "browser_action": { "default_popup": "options.html" }, "content_scripts": [ { "exclude_globs": [], "include_globs": [ "*" ], "js": [ "jquery-3.2.1.min.js", "content.js" ], "matches": [ "http://*/*", "https://*/*", "file:///*/*" ], "run_at": "document_start", "all_frames": true } ], "icons": { "16": "icon16.png", "48": "icon48.png", "128": "icon128.png" }}
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How to download and manually install Font Overwrite extension for Chrome

Looking for a way to install Font Overwrite extensions for Chrome, you can search for them in the Chrome Web Store, clicking the "Add to Chrome" button, and following the straightforward process.

However, you may need to install Font Overwrite extensions manually, this article outlines two simple methods to effortlessly install Font Overwrite extensions, whether they come as unpacked folders in compressed formats like .zip or as .crx files.

Method 1: Download Font Overwrite extension and manually install through Drag &Drop

If you ever need to manually install a Font Overwrite extension for Chrome, don't worry, it's a simple process. Just follow these easy steps, and you will have your extension ready to use in no time.

Step 1: Download the Font Overwrite Extension by clicking the "Download CRX" button on the website.

Look for the Font Overwrite extension you wish to install. Go to the website and download the Font Overwrite extension package, which is usually a .CRX file and comes in a zipped file. Here ".crx" file is the format for Font Overwrite extension that contains all the data.

Step 2: Extract &Arrange Files

Once the file is downloaded, extract that file into its own folder. Similarly, give that extension files a permanent home. In other words, keep it in a folder that you don't accidentally delete it because these files will be needed to make that extension work.

Step 3: Go to the Chrome Extensions Page

Open Google Chrome and in the address bar, type chrome://extensions; it will open the Google Chrome extensions page. Make sure that "My extensions" is selected in the sidebar.

Step 4: Drag and Drop the Extension

Now, go to the folder where you extracted the Font Overwrite extension and drag &drop the extension file from there anywhere onto the extension page within Google Chrome.

Step 5: Complete the Installation

Once you drag and drop the extension file, follow the steps that Google Chrome takes you through. Similarly, if the extension file is of .crx file format, you will be required to review the permissions and then add the extension.

Now, you can manage that added extension as you would like to with any other Chrome extension that you added through Chrome Webstore. Its icon will also appear in the Google Chrome Menu on the right side of the address bar once you activate it.

Method 2: Download Font Overwrite extension for Chrome and install in Developer Mode

This is another method to install Font Overwrite extension manually, but the twist is that here, you install by enabling the developer mode option provided in Google Chrome. This mode is commonly used for testing extensions or running unpublished tools.

Step 1: Download the Font Overwrite extension file

Select and download the Font Overwrite extension by clicking the 'Download CRX' button on the website.

Step 2: Extract the downloaded contents

Convert the file to a ZIP file if it is in CRX format then extract the Font Overwrite extension zip file or folder that you downloaded. Make sure you extract it using the same folder name and keep it safely in another folder, so you don't delete it by mistake. The extracted folder will be needed to keep your Font Overwrite extension running.

Step 3: Open Chrome Extension Setting Page

In the address bar of Google Chrome, type chrome://extensions and open the Chrome Extension Page.

Step 4: Enable Developer Mode

After opening the Chrome Extension page, look at the top right side, and you will find the toggle option of "Developer mode."Simply enable that developer mode option.

Step 5: Load the Unpacked Extension

Once you enable the developer mode option, you will see the menu of Load Unpacked, Pack Extensions and Update. From that, select the option "Load unpacked."

Step 6: Select the Extension Folder

Once the pop-up opens upon clicking Load unpacked, select the Font Overwrite extension directory and click on the "Select Folder "button.

Step 7: Confirm and Install

After you select an extension folder of a Google Chrome extension you're installing manually, confirm its installation for the final time and let the installation complete.

Conclusion

Here we've made a step-by-step guide on How to manually install Font Overwrite extension in 2 ways. We hope this guide proves helpful.

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myxi (ID: 00000052dcfa1450) Voted 5 ★ - Updated 10/25/2023 Works just as I wanted. It lets me use the fonts I installed on my system, unlike other extensions which limit me to some they have hard-coded in the extension. Also, if you want to apply it to only a few sites rather than all, you simply have to restrict its access to only those sites from the extension settings of your browser. I have seen people give bad review because they are too ignorant to know this, so I'm educating these people. Thanks for the simple and lightweight extension.

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E W (ID: 000000cdd05f2abd) Voted 5 ★ - Updated 09/06/2023 OMG, Thank you!!!!! This has been making me CRAZY for weeks!!!!! Ever since I got my new AIO desktop computer and it's running Windows 11 and websites that display completely fine on my laptop (which is still running Windows 10), and display fine on my Android tablet, now show HUGE pixels instead of text -- but only on certain websites and only for certain text, like a Head or subhead. I tried everything from loading the affected font to setting specific fonts in Chrome and nothing worked -- UNTIL THIS!!! (FYI, I use Chrome as my default browser but it also does it in Microsoft Edge.) I can't tell you the number of hours -- no, it must be days-worth by now -- that I've spent searching the web for a solution for this. And this fixed it in mere minutes! (at least for the sites that I already know have a problem). WOW! Thanks!!

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Taq Seorangpun (ID: 000000e89c39bb00) Voted 4 ★ - Updated 08/12/2023 The only font replacement tool that really works. It would be helpful if the could be configured per website, since some websites show distortions when their fonts are replaced.

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Walter Pratt (ID: 0000004190dadbcc) Voted 1 ★ - Updated 08/21/2022 Must be a joke. You can configure only one font to substitute

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Akaki H. (ID: 000000c4b1a3cbf3) Voted 5 ★ - Updated 07/01/2022 Simple. Works. Works with custom-installed fonts. This is one of the first add-ons I reinstall any time I get a new computer. I use it to globally enable a special font made for visually impaired and/or dyslexic people, so I can then view the internet and do my work while using relatively normal font sizes instead of like size 35 font. It does occasionally mess up some sites, specifically ones that use fonts to show symbols (like play or fast forward buttons) or text input forms (like Google Docs) so I wish there was a blacklist url function, but it's easy enough to get around by just temporarily disabling the extension.