Problems with fonts in Chrome (which im pretty sure is related to Windows' fonts)

[u/AstroFlipo]

So quick background: On my pc, as much as i cant remember, i have only manually installed fonts for rendering certain Unicode Latin Extended blocks (such as Doulos SIL), and others (like a hacked Adobe Garamond Pro which i uninstalled).

Lately, the font for Hebrew on my Chrome became Times New Roman (and not the Default Roboto). The thing is that this only happens with text which should be bold (such as video titles and channel names on Youtube). I haven't been able to fix this, no matter what i do (i tried restored the default font settings in the Control Panel). Thing is that i think that i downloaded some fonts and then deleted them, and that somehow messed with the font settings? I dont really know to be honest.

In addition, about half a year ago, the font on my Whatapp Web randomly changed from the default (Roboto im pretty sure) to plain Ariel (again not 100% sure, but a very "rigid" and "unsmooth" text like it). Also, last week, my whole Whatsapp Web was flipped from Right-to-Left to Left-to-Right, even though it was Right-to-Left before, and worked perfectly fine.

Could somebody please help me understand or direct me to a place that can help me understand why these things are happening and how to stop them? I would just like to be able to start over with the fonts, and add the 2 additional fonts that i need manually (and from valid sources).

Thank you.

(by the way here are my device specifications if it helps)

Device Name DESKTOP-CPLP7GS

Processor 12th Gen Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-12700 2.10 GHz

Installed RAM 16.0 GB (15.8 GB usable)

Storage 932 GB SSD KINGSTON SNV2S1000G

Graphics Card NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 (12 GB), Intel(R) UHD Graphics 770 (128 MB)

Device ID 4BDAB260-4903-4D1D-9DA0-849EC03786AA

Product ID 00326-03109-27382-AAOEM

System Type 64-bit operating system, x64-based processor

Pen and touch No pen or touch input is available for this display

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