Most text now invisible in newsblur on chrome

problem
#1

my newsblur shows up like this in chrome now: https://sites.google.com/site/jimrayf…

it just started a few days ago

it works fine in firefox

thanks

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#2

I haven’t noticed this problem in Chrome so far. Which version are you using, and are you on a beta/dev channel? Are there any add-ons that you could try disabling to see if that helps?

#3

Hi

Version 35.0.1916.114 m

Not on the beta/dev channel as far as I know.

I have AdBlock Plus and Google Docs installed. I disabled them but it didn’t help.

Thanks,

#4

I’m on the dev version (and have been for some time) and I haven’t had this problem ever. FYI, the latest version is 37.0.2024.3 dev. Since your settings bar is red, you should probably upgrade since that’s telling you you’re severely out of date.

#5

I’m on the same Chrome build as you, Jim, and I’m not seeing anything odd. Two thoughts:

  1. Your font size looks huge, comparatively - are your zoom levels or custom CSS causing the text to be too large for its containers?
  2. it’s the up-to-date version for the main channel, but that red menu button could be that some plugin needs updating or reauthorizing.
#6

My settings bar is no longer red. I have no idea when it changed.

I’m still on Version 35.0.1916.114 m

It says “Google Chrome is up to date.”

I reset the font size to 100%. The text is stil mostly invisible:

https://sites.google.com/site/jimrayf…

Thanks

#7

Last guess I might have is, if you’re premium, to click on a feed and start adjusting the style and seeing if something pops up. If that doesn’t do it, I’ve got nothing.

#8

Which style do you mean, and how do you adjust it?

Thanks

#9

Do you mess around in [chrome://flags/]?

If so, take a look and see if you enabled “DirectWrite” and disable it. I had a similar issue and this worked for me. Interestingly, I actually enabled this in the first place to improve text rendering in newsblur.

#10

Interesting thought, Taylor. Jim, have you adjusted any font settings in Chrome?

Also, the Style menu shouldn’t change the font anywhere except in the feed/text views, and only on the story itself. All feed/story titles and the rest of the UI should remain in Lucida Grande.

#11

DirectWrite was disabled.

I tried “reset all to default” but it didn’t make any difference.

Thanks

#12

DirectWrite is disabled, and yet I have this issue.

#13

Chrome version 35.0.1916.114 m

List of installed extensions, just in case:
1Password 4.2.1.90
AdBlock 2.6.37
Adblock Plus 1.8.3
DuckDuckGo for Chrome 42.5.17
Evernote Web Clipper 6.1.3
F.B Purity-Clean Up Facebook 9.8.2.13
Facebook Chat Hider 1.0
Facebook Sidebar Remover 1.0.0
Google Analytics Opt-out Add-on (by Google) 1
Google Docs 0.6
iCloud Bookmarks 1.2.12
Iframely for Gmail 0.1.8
Instapaper 1.3.1
Instapaper browser extension to save links for offline reading. Permissions Visit website
LastPass: Free Password Manager 3.1.21
Open In Papers 1.2
Pinboard Tools 1.0.0
Toolbar actions for Pinboard (http://pinboard.in) Permissions Visit website
Quora unblocker 0.1.1
Readability 3.0.15
The Camelizer - Amazon Price Tracker 2.4.2
Wolfram|Alpha (Official) 1.2.2

#14

Maybe try starting chrome in safe mode?

http://googlesystem.blogspot.com/2010…

It’s an easy way to see if it is an extension issue.

#15

I tried an incognito tab.

This is what I got:
https://sites.google.com/site/jimrayf…

Not sure what it was supposed to say.

Thanks

#16

One possible option…

https://support.google.com/chrome/ans…

#17

I tried changing the encoding to auto detect. Didn’t help. I also tried manually selecting various fonts and that didn’t help either.

One thing I noticed is that I can select text. It comes out like this:
https://sites.google.com/site/jimrayf…

but the text is OK when pasted into another application.

So it looks like the color is messed up (e.g., white on white text).

Thanks

#18

I hit this problem today. Enabling DirectWrite fixed it, more or less. However, all “plain” text is bolded now, except for italics, which look normal.

#19

I tried enabling DirectWrite, didn’t seem to make any difference…

Thanks