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title: "How to change the font in Google Chrome"  
description: "Google Chrome is a freeware web browser developed by Google. It used the WebKit layout engine until version 27 and, with the exception of its iOS rele"  
author: "Manoj Pandey"  
published: 2015-05-23  
updated: 2019-09-07  
canonical: https://www.mindstick.com/articles/1772/how-to-change-the-font-in-google-chrome  
category: "desktop/laptop"  
tags: ["desktop troubleshooting"]  
reading_time: 2 minutes  

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# How to change the font in Google Chrome

Google Chrome is a freeware [web browser](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/95505/what-are-the-pros-and-cons-of-using-safari-web-browser) developed by Google. It used the WebKit layout engine until version 27 and, with the [exception](https://www.mindstick.com/articles/61/exception-handling-in-c-sharp) of its iOS releases, from version 28 [and beyond](https://www.mindstick.com/articles/336489/testing-strategies-in-java-unit-testing-integration-testing-and-beyond) uses the WebKit fork Blink.\

Google chrome is a fastest browser as [comparison](https://www.mindstick.com/articles/23182/comparison-maruti-suzuki-celerio-v-s-tata-tiago) to other browser. It provides best picture quality, font colour, [font size](https://www.mindstick.com/forum/158654/what-is-the-css-property-used-to-specify-the-font-size-of-an-element) etc.

##### You can customize font size, font family according to your choice. Follow below

##### steps to change font of google chrome

1. Open Google Chrome

2. Click the Chrome Menu in the top right hand corner of the Google [Chrome browser](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/94847/why-is-my-phone-not-able-to-play-videos-on-the-chrome-browser-while-on-youtube-the-videos-are-playing-at-720p) and select “Settings”.

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![How to change the font in Google Chrome](https://www.mindstick.com/mindstickarticle/e709643d-4a29-41f5-afc0-47de6051d929/images/1a76bc02-35a7-452e-9e9d-ad7fe8b2269e.png)

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3. Scroll down and click “Show Advanced Settings”. Then scroll down until you see the “Web Content” heading, as shown above. Once you’ve found the Web Content menu, click “Customize fonts…”

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![How to change the font in Google Chrome](https://www.mindstick.com/mindstickarticle/e709643d-4a29-41f5-afc0-47de6051d929/images/d5fb75ff-80ce-49d6-a436-527ae1909359.png)

4. Change your font! The preview on the right hand side of each font [selection](https://www.mindstick.com/blog/60/populate-records-in-second-listbox-according-to-the-selection-in-first-list-box) will update to reflect your newly chosen font. If [your default](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/95660/how-do-you-remove-firefox-as-your-default-browser) [encoding](https://www.mindstick.com/interview/752/how-is-encoding-handled-in-ajax) doesn’t match the one needed by a website, the text may not display properly, so don’t go too overboard with exotic fonts.

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![How to change the font in Google Chrome](https://www.mindstick.com/mindstickarticle/e709643d-4a29-41f5-afc0-47de6051d929/images/55d6dc14-e60c-4df8-8d4b-e63c4b64178b.png)

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5. Click Finished and your settings will be saved.

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