KB5062554

Symptoms

There are reports of blurry or unclear CJK (Chinese, Japanese, Korean) text when displayed at 96 DPI (100% scaling) in Chromium-based browsers such as Microsoft Edge and Google Chrome. The March 2025 Preview Update introduced Noto fonts in collaboration with Google, for CJK languages as fallbacks to improve text rendering when websites or apps don’t specify appropriate fonts. The issue is due to limited pixel density at 96 DPI, which can reduce the clarity and alignment of CJK characters. Increasing the display scaling improves clarity by enhancing text rendering.

Workaround

Microsoft has shared its findings on the blurry text issue at 96 DPI, along with potential solutions with Google for further discussion. For additional support, users can report issues related to Noto CJK fonts through the official Google Noto Fonts GitHub repository.