Recently Chrome started displaying very strange error messages when it cannot find a page. It's quite random, it doesn't always does it and it seems to only affect the bolded parts of the text.
If I check the code in the console, the page unscrambles itself although the letters are still randomly spaced out. Does anybody know what could be causing this? Is it a known bug?
3 Answers
This looks like a corrupted font. Try reinstalling the affected font.
The gibberish text could be due to Chrome's language settings. Click on Chrome -> Settings -> Show advanced settings... -> Languages and spell-checker settings. Select the language on the left pane, and click on Display Google Chrome in this language on the right pane, and click OK to apply the changes.
Some folks have solved similar issues by disabling Hardware Acceleration in their Chrome settings.
Head to the URL chrome://settings/?search=hardware and disable the option labeled "Use hardware acceleration when available".
Then, restart your browser.
Worked for me when I was having the same problem.
Here's an example of the problem I was having:
I turned this setting OFF to fix the problem:
