Recent update messed up the font.

Saoiray · September 19, 2025, 2:04pm

@fontisfucked This is a known issue and being worked on. You can reference already open topics for more information.

Fonts display wonky for Linux/Pop_OS users on v1.81.166

opened 08:37PM - 11 Sep 25 UTC

bug feature/user-interface OS/Desktop fonts

### Description Many Linux (namely Pop_OS users) are seeing fonts render strang…ely after updating to the latest Brave bulid. Fonts appear to be sized incorrectly in some places, blurry, "wiggly", etc. <img width="686" height="41" alt="Image" src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/98586fe5-5f3d-4a88-ad6c-f9d13fb9b2dd" /> <img width="1449" height="762" alt="Image" src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/0f478c1e-ae1c-4b46-8039-f635e2080c23" /> <img width="1920" height="1015" alt="Image" src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/eb333ca1-026a-42db-b3a3-497cd1e6dcd5" /> ### Steps to reproduce 1. Upgrade to v1.81.166 on Linux Pop_OS ### Actual result Weird fonts ### Expected result Text should display normally ### Reproduces how often Easily reproduced ### Brave version (brave://version info) v1.82.166 ### Channel information - [x] release (stable) - [ ] beta - [ ] nightly ### Reproducibility - [ ] with Brave Shields disabled - [ ] with Brave Rewards disabled - [ ] in the latest version of Chrome ### Miscellaneous information https://community.brave.app/t/notice-looking-for-arch-linux-users-to-test-to-see-if-an-issue-is-resolved-for-the-team/641868 https://community.brave.app/t/font-suddenly-became-wobbly-uneven-and-letters-are-of-weird-sizes/642272 https://www.reddit.com/r/brave_browser/comments/1nej719/weird_fonts_and_fontsize_after_updating_to_182166/ https://www.reddit.com/r/brave_browser/comments/1nehtm5/distorted_fonts_in_latest_update_brave_browser/

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