Ubuntu appears very small at 1080p, text almost undreadable

Question

I have a 15" Dell Studio XPS with a 1080p screen. Everything seems tiny with 1080p, in 720p everything is fine but just looks very low-res.

So I definitely want to get the full resolution the display can give me but don't want everything so small.

EDIT:

Well, yes higher resolution means more pixels. But it shouldn't mean fonts the size of 7 in MS word, and web pages looking like there at 50%...

I'm not saying windows is better, but windows did not appear miniature at 1080p.

small? that's kind of the point of a higher resolution, can you provide a screen shot? — Alvar, Jun 30 '13 at 00:57
That is kind of the point; higher resolution = smaller pixels. — psusi, Jun 30 '13 at 01:57
Do you know what a screenshot is? you hit the "print screen" button and then upload it! — Alvar, Jun 30 '13 at 10:35
For vote to closers: OP is asking for a way to scale the entire UI. This is a valid question and should not be closed in my opinion. — gertvdijk, Jul 01 '13 at 01:44

score 17 · Answer 1 · answered Jun 30 '13 at 08:50

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Try this: Open "System Settings" then from "System" section select "Universal Access". On the first tab marked "Seeing" there is a drop-down field marked "Text size". Adjust the text size to Large or Larger.

answered Jun 30 '13 at 08:50

hmayag

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I have tried other stuff before, like the tweak tool or adjuting each thing (firefox, terminal, etc). This fully solved my problem. The best approach. – Nov 26 '17 at 00:43
this is the correct answer! – raikumardipak Jul 16 '19 at 14:51
what about KDE? – Amreesh Tyagi Feb 28 '20 at 14:44
Thanks. This is the best one! – Sambhav Khandelwal Nov 13 '22 at 10:53

Merri · Accepted Answer · 2013-06-30T11:57:04.903

Using Ubuntu Tweak you can adjust the Text Scaling Factor. Increasing the value will increase text size system wide.

The setting can be found in Ubuntu Tweak<Tweaks<Fonts

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If you don't have Ubuntu Tweak installed it can be installed by downloading the .deb file here, or you can run these commands in the Terminal:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:tualatrix/next

sudo apt-get update

sudo apt-get install ubuntu-tweak

Pablo Bianchi · Answer 3 · 2021-12-20T14:38:44.733

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I had the same problem with an Asus Zenbook UX303UB. Couldn't change it neither with

gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.interface scaling-factor 1

nor with xrandr --dpi 138/eDP1, but:

For GNOME Shell (17.10+):Settings > Devices > Displays, 200%

For Unity (17.04-): All settings > Display, on Scale for menu and title bars set to 2.

However, some programs still look small.

edited Dec 20 '21 at 14:38

answered Sep 18 '16 at 16:43

Pablo Bianchi

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You saved me. I don't know how to thank you. – Mitu Vinci Jan 28 '21 at 03:13
yes, it works for me. Thank you. As you said, some programs still look small, and I don't know how to fix that. – Hui Zheng Feb 05 '22 at 15:42
@HuiZheng Which programs did you found still looking small? Maybe we could find a pattern, a workaround or fix; I would add it to my post. I don't remember of any program whit this issue lately. – Pablo Bianchi Feb 05 '22 at 18:14

score 2 · Answer 4 · answered Nov 07 '21 at 12:51

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just go to settings > accessibilty > Large Text -this will chage the size to windows like if you are partiularly looking for this.

answered Nov 07 '21 at 12:51

Omal Sen

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Ubuntu appears very small at 1080p, text almost undreadable

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