Re: scale or change monitor resolution on high dpi
D. Hugh Redelmeier: >> One hopes that Gnome scaling does a better job of anti-aliasing than >> running the display in a non-native resolution. But I don't >> actually know. Anil Felipe Duggirala: > Well. Ive now tried, and using the 1920x1080 resolution does make > everything look less defined, including fonts. That's the result I would expect. If you send a non-native resolution to the monitor, it will have to scale it. It's difficult for a screen to show something that doesn't match it's pixel count (CRTs were better for that, as graphics pixels were never a 1:1 match for CRT pixels, the electron beam scanned across them, and the screen naturally softened things a bit). But when it comes to things like fonts, if you generate them at the size you want, for the native resolution of the whole system (graphics card and monitor), that's always got to have the best results. Things like images either scale reasonably well or rather badly, it depends on their content. -- uname -rsvp Linux 3.10.0-1160.71.1.el7.x86_64 #1 SMP Tue Jun 28 15:37:28 UTC 2022 x86_64 Boilerplate: All unexpected mail to my mailbox is automatically deleted. I will only get to see the messages that are posted to the mailing list. ___ users mailing list -- users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe send an email to users-le...@lists.fedoraproject.org Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/users@lists.fedoraproject.org Do not reply to spam on the list, report it: https://pagure.io/fedora-infrastructure
Re: scale or change monitor resolution on high dpi
On Sat, Jul 9, 2022, at 12:20 AM, D. Hugh Redelmeier wrote: > Fractional scaling works for me. But maybe I don't do anything > tricky. There may be a better way, but this is what I use: > > dconf write /org/gnome/mutter/experimental-features > "['scale-monitor-framebuffer']" Thanks for this. That is what I did too. It just seems terribly buggy. Ive heard people saying this might work better on Xorg, is that maybe correct? > One hopes that Gnome scaling does a better job of anti-aliasing than > running the display in a non-native resolution. But I don't actually > know. Well. Ive now tried, and using the 1920x1080 resolution does make everything look less defined, including fonts. thanks for your help Hugh, ___ users mailing list -- users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe send an email to users-le...@lists.fedoraproject.org Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/users@lists.fedoraproject.org Do not reply to spam on the list, report it: https://pagure.io/fedora-infrastructure
Re: scale or change monitor resolution on high dpi
| From: Anil Felipe Duggirala | I have a laptop with a high dpi monitor, 4k on a 15" screen. 'Im on F36, Gnome. | I'm wondering whats the better alternative, change the resolution of the display or use scaling? (performance and usability) | Is there any update on fractional scaling? It didn't work last time I tried it (just really weird behavior, on Wayland at least). Fractional scaling works for me. But maybe I don't do anything tricky. There may be a better way, but this is what I use: dconf write /org/gnome/mutter/experimental-features "['scale-monitor-framebuffer']" Yeah, my 15.6" UltraHD notebook display is a little too high resolution to use straight. In less extreme cases, I adjust each browser or terminal window as-needed, when needed. One hopes that Gnome scaling does a better job of anti-aliasing than running the display in a non-native resolution. But I don't actually know. As an experiment, I looked at text in a Gnome Terminal on my UltraHD 15.6" display. Without any scaling settings, each character looks beautifully formed, even when examined through a magnifying glass. It is still beautiful after three or four shrinks. Perhaps nothing is lost just pretending the screen is FullHD. But that's just text. I'm sure fonts are better on Gnome Terminal than on xterm (I used that for about 20 years). ___ users mailing list -- users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe send an email to users-le...@lists.fedoraproject.org Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/users@lists.fedoraproject.org Do not reply to spam on the list, report it: https://pagure.io/fedora-infrastructure
