Font blocker
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Font blocker

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Overview

Blocks the fonts you want to block.

Right click on an annoying custom web font and click "Block custom font" to add it to the local database. The font will be blocked immediately. 1.19 Removed broken Bold and Italic support. 1.18 Fixed unused message port, no more vague "Unchecked runtime.lastError" errors. 1.17 Better Bold and Italic support. WebExtensions compatibility for Firefox. 1.16 Fewer console messages. 1.15 Added preview before confirming. 1.14 Page/browser action support since Chrome 49+ =( 1.13 Font storage to sync (in Google profile, if you're synced). 1.12 Font name case bug (x2) 1.11 Font override order+ 1.10 Only show page action if actually blocking fonts, per page. Added document type check. 1.9 Mark fonts for global blocking, on all websites everywhere always. 1.8 Removed session blocking, because useless and buggy. 1.7 Annoying warning about CORS sessionStorage? Added import and export. 1.6 Stupid bug for new users. Sorry. 1.5 Added page action for link to options. Added (un)glimpse via page action contextmenu. Added session blocking. 1.4 Block fonts per website to keep inline CSS size down. Added sorting on options page. 1.3 Fixed bug with adding very first font. 1.2 Added metadata (website & date). Changed options UI. 1.1 Added unblocking.

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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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Details

  • Version
    1.19
  • Updated
    October 4, 2019
  • Offered by
    Rudie Dirkx
  • Size
    31.4KiB
  • Languages
    English
  • Developer
    Email
    chromewebstore@hotblocks.nl
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