Improves webpage readability.
What is Font Contrast?
Font Contrast is a free, open-source Firefox add-on, dedicated to improving web page readability by tweaking text contrast, size, and weight. It offers an easy way to transform difficult-to-read text into clear and legible content without slowing down the browsing experience. The extension allows on-the-fly adjustments with a simple click or keyboard shortcut, along with per-website customization. Committed to software freedom, its source code is available under the GPL v3.0 license.
Add-on stats
By: Francesco Fusco
Rating: 4.43
(79)
Creation date: 2017-07-29
Weekly download count: 29
Firefox on Android: Yes
Risk impact: High risk impact
Risk likelihood: Low risk likelihood
Manifest version: 2
Permissions:
Size: 203.00K
Ranking
# 3045
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Add-on summary
Free and open-source add-on created to combat the trend of unreadable website designs. It's lightweight and fast, even on huge websites.
Features highlights:
- Turn hard to read text to black (or a darker shade)
- Enlarge small fonts
- Increase font boldness
- Easy to toggle: click on the icon or press a shortcut (default: Shift+F1)
- Address bar button to quickly set up website-specific options
User reviews
Pros
- Improves readability of low-contrast websites
- Allows customization of settings for individual sites
- Provides options for increasing text size
- Works well on lighter backgrounds
- Helps users with visual impairments
Cons
- Can block images on some browsers
- Default settings may require tweaking to be effective
- Icon is often invisible on dark themes
- Does not effectively change contrast for light text on dark backgrounds
- Interference with other extensions that modify styling
Most mentioned
- Customization options
- Readability improvement
- Issues with the icon visibility
- Need for better instructions or guides
- Problems when used with dark mode extensions
Recent reviews
I have this extension on both firefox and waterfox browsers. On firefox it has begun to block all images, but not on waterfox, both using identical Font Contrast settings.
Add-on safety
Risk impact
Font Contrast requires some sensitive permissions that could impact your browser and data security. Exercise caution before installing.
Risk likelihood
Font Contrast has earned a fairly good reputation and likely can be trusted.
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