Small unreadable fonts under 4K screen resolution under Windows

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Small unreadable fonts under 4K screen resolution under Windows

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On MS Windows:
Some fonts are not scaled by windows font magnification, this makes troubles on high resolution screens (4K).

Here is a screen shot with red marks on the very small fonts:
Clipboard_01-10-2025_03.jpg
Also the application parameters can hardly be read:
Clipboard_01-10-2025_04.jpg
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Re: Small unreadable fonts under 4K screen resolution under Windows

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which font scaling do you use?
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Re: Small unreadable fonts under 4K screen resolution under Windows

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130% on a 4K Monitor under Windows 11
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Re: Small unreadable fonts under 4K screen resolution under Windows

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zenos_light wrote: Thu Jan 16, 2025 3:57 pm 130% on a 4K Monitor under Windows 11
I cannot reproduce this issue with same conditions
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Re: Small unreadable fonts under 4K screen resolution under Windows

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I rechecked:
- resolution is set to 4K
- screen scaling is set to 200%
- font scaling is set to 130%
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Re: Small unreadable fonts under 4K screen resolution under Windows

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ah.. font scaling
right, I can reproduce
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Re: Small unreadable fonts under 4K screen resolution under Windows

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zenos_light wrote: Thu Jan 16, 2025 3:57 pm 130% on a 4K Monitor under Windows 11
QT API has some problem with non integer font scaling
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