If I use --ignore-gpu-blacklist I can make it happen in earlier versions (Note I did not use it in anything described in the original report)

Unable to find the actual suspect from the CL provided in the original comment, adding layout dev for more updates on this issue.

CL:
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https://chromium.googlesource.com/chromium/src/+log/2855231afa6d3f8d40cab1be8729559e9fc3651e..308c483c6fb8daf48c3252ac65e6dc32507a676e

Skia changes:
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https://skia.googlesource.com/skia.git/+log/c4176a2fa5aa..1c8bb8a4c63c

eae@ Could you please take a look in to this issue?

Thanks!

That looks pretty bad. Do you have any other flags enabled?

No but as I mentioned earlier I have ClearType and font smoothing disabled on this computer. Are either of you able to reproduce?

Abel to reproduce on regex101.com with font smoothing disabled at 125% zoom as indicated.

Text is rendered without antialiasing but it then looks like a blur filter is applied. I suspect the layer for the menu isn't aligned with the pixel grid. Over to compositing team for further triage.

Thanks for the report!

Able to reproduce the issue on Win-10, win-7 and Ubuntu 14.04 using chrome reported version #63.0.3239.30, latest stable #63.0.3239.84 and latest canary #65.0.3287.0. issue is not seen in OS-Mac.
Note: Text is rendered without antialiasing but it then looks like a blur filter is applied as per comment #8.
This is a non-regression issue as it is observed from M50 old builds. 
Attaching screen casts of both M50 and M63 behaviour for reference.

Hence, marking it as untriaged to get more inputs from dev team.

Thanks...!!

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Reporter: Since the behavior is affected by --ignore-gpu-blacklist, we need your chrome://gpu contents to investigate further. Could you please copy+paste the whole contents of that page into a comment here? Thanks.

As noted I did not use --ignore-gpu-blacklist to reproduce this issue, but it can happen in earlier versions if I enable that option. Here is the information that you asked for:

Graphics Feature Status
Canvas: Software only, hardware acceleration unavailable
CheckerImaging: Disabled
Flash: Software only, hardware acceleration unavailable
Flash Stage3D: Software only, hardware acceleration unavailable
Flash Stage3D Baseline profile: Software only, hardware acceleration unavailable
Compositing: Software only, hardware acceleration unavailable
Multiple Raster Threads: Enabled
Native GpuMemoryBuffers: Software only. Hardware acceleration disabled
Rasterization: Software only, hardware acceleration unavailable
Video Decode: Software only, hardware acceleration unavailable
Video Encode: Software only, hardware acceleration unavailable
WebGL: Hardware accelerated but at reduced performance
WebGL2: Software only, hardware acceleration unavailable
Problems Detected
Drivers older than 2009-01 on Windows are possibly unreliable: 72979, 89802, 315205
Disabled Features: flash_stage3d, gpu_compositing, panel_fitting, flash3d, gpu_rasterization, accelerated_2d_canvas, accelerated_video_decode, accelerated_webgl2, accelerated_webgl, flash_stage3d_baseline, accelerated_video_encode
GPU rasterization should only be enabled on NVIDIA and Intel DX11+, and AMD RX-R2 GPUs for now.: 643850
Disabled Features: gpu_rasterization
Native GpuMemoryBuffers have been disabled, either via about:flags or command line.
Disabled Features: native_gpu_memory_buffers
Checker-imaging has been disabled via finch trial or the command line.
Disabled Features: checker_imaging
Version Information
Data exported	12/11/2017, 9:51:08 PM
Chrome version	Chrome/63.0.3239.84
Operating system	Windows NT 6.1.7601 SP1
Software rendering list version	13.13
Driver bug list version	10.34
ANGLE commit id	9095f2b44801
2D graphics backend	Skia/63 dbae7001c9805fb0a4b18fd0cbc889941cb39db4-
Command Line	"C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe" --force-device-scale-factor=1 --flag-switches-begin --enable-tab-audio-muting --flag-switches-end
Driver Information
Initialization time	0
In-process GPU	true
Passthrough Command Decoder	false
Supports overlays	false
Sandboxed	false
GPU0	VENDOR = 0x8086, DEVICE= 0x0122
Optimus	false
Optimus	false
AMD switchable	false
Desktop compositing	Aero Glass
Driver vendor	Google Inc.
Driver version	3.3.0.2
Driver date	2017/04/07
Pixel shader version	3.0
Vertex shader version	3.0
Max. MSAA samples	4
Machine model name	
Machine model version	
GL_VENDOR	Google Inc.
GL_RENDERER	Google SwiftShader
GL_VERSION	OpenGL ES 2.0 SwiftShader
GL_EXTENSIONS	
Disabled Extensions	
Window system binding vendor	
Window system binding version	
Window system binding extensions	
Direct rendering	Yes
Reset notification strategy	0x0000
GPU process crash count	0
Compositor Information
Tile Update Mode	One-copy
Partial Raster	Enabled
GpuMemoryBuffers Status
ATC	Software only
ATCIA	Software only
DXT1	Software only
DXT5	Software only
ETC1	Software only
R_8	Software only
R_16	Software only
RG_88	Software only
BGR_565	Software only
RGBA_4444	Software only
RGBX_8888	Software only
RGBA_8888	Software only
BGRX_8888	Software only
BGRA_8888	Software only
RGBA_F16	Software only
YVU_420	Software only
YUV_420_BIPLANAR	Software only
UYVY_422	Software only

Tentatively assigning to Skia folks based on bisect. Namely fmalita's https://chromium.googlesource.com/chromium/src/+/4d3622e28d891b3a445275d132a6817bb83973ed might be related, since this uses software raster and compositing.