In this guide, we will show you the steps to bring back the old fonts in Firefox, which was present before version 135. The newest addition to Firefox brings a slew of new features to the fore. Some of the noteworthy ones include the likes of The credit card autofill feature, AI Chatbot access, certificate transparency, improvements to the Translations, the wider rollout of the New Tab layout, and the new fonts, among others.
While most of them have been welcomed with open hands, it is the latter one that hasn’t gone down too well with the end users. Many of them are of the opinion that the new fonts appear choppy, less crips, and overall less sharper than its predecessor.
This uncalled change has taken place thanks to Mozilla’s decision to change the default font rendering method on Windows. Fortunately, there exists a nifty workaround using which you can easily go back to the pre 135 version fonts in the Firefox browser. And in this guide, we will show you how to do that. So without further ado, let’s get started.
Firefox 135 brings new fonts: Here’s how to bring back the old one
- Launch Firefox and head over to the below location
about:config
- Click on the “Accept the Risk and Continue” button.
- Now search for the below flag:
gfx.font_rendering.cleartype_params.force_gdi_classic_for_families
- Then choose String, hit Plus, and type the below value:
Arial,Consolas,Courier New,Microsoft Sans Serif,Segoe UI,Tahoma,Trebuchet MS,Verdana.
- Now search the below flag, choose String, hit Plus, and type the below value:
gfx.font_rendering.cleartype_params.force_gdi_classic_max_size
- Finally, restart Firefox for the changes to take place.
That’s it. These were the steps to bring back the old fonts in Firefox, which was present before version 135. If you have any queries concerning the aforementioned steps, do let us know in the comments. We will get back to you with a solution as soon as possible.
