Bug#921387: UI on HIDPI too small
Hi Rene,
On Sat, Feb 09, 2019 at 11:03:21AM +0100, Rene Engelhard wrote:
> Neither do I, but do you really attempt to use 3840x2160 and are suprised this is small on
> a 15"?
I don't "really attempt", it just automatically configured itself this
way. And I actually welcome the smoother characters.
Yes, I am "surprised" this is small, because that's imho the only reason
why software would claim abilities to work on HIDPI displays - that it
can automatically detect and adapt to different DPI figures to give a
similar experience everywhere. That's also the only reason why we
measure font sizes in points instead of pixels. Not honouring the screen
resolution would imho make a claim to HIDPI compatibility invalid.
The only thing I can really see failing here, is that the output of
xrandr shows 96x96 dpi, which is patently untrue. If I knew where to
look, I would want to fix that (xorg driver? xorg base? elsewhere?).
If there was a way to adjust the UI font sizes, that could be a useful
band aid, but I largely unaware of such a thing.
Cheers,
Toni
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