Font size for high resolution screens

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Font size for high resolution screens

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Hi Folks,

I wanted to try out the program, but it's almost impossible for me to use it. The font size is so tiny on both of my monitors that I need a magnifying glass. It doesn't make sense to change the DPI of the monitors so that I can see the font better, and I don't have any other programs (Adobe PS, Lightroom DxO, etc.) where I have this problem. In my opinion, this should be solved responsively.

Monitor 1: 29" 2560x1440px
Monitor 2: 32" 3480x2160px

Funnily enough, the menus or the font in the directory tree are somewhat okay, but the settings menu, or any kind of labeling in the program, is much, much too small.

Even if I set the scaling to 125%, it's still too small; at 150%, it's okay, but then all the other elements become huge.

Thanks a lot for providing such a programm and all the effort spent
Best regards :)
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you have not the same font as other apps/windows explorer?
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Re: Font size for high resolution screens

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Unfortunately not. I tried to show this in the attachment: XN-MP in the background, the settings on the left, and a section of Windows Explorer on the right for comparison of sizes. Many fonts in XN are only half the size or smaller than the parent font, whereas in Windows Explorer even the font in the pop-ups that appear when you hover over them with the mouse retains the same font size.
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with scaling 100%? only one monitor? no change in compatibility for XnView?
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as I wrote before:

Monitor 1: 29" 2560x1440px
Monitor 2: 32" 3480x2160px

the problem is the same on both

scaling 100%

I also wrote: "Even if I set the scaling to 125%, it's still too small; at 150%, it's okay, but then all the other elements become huge."

“huge” means that all fonts are enlarged when scaled >100%, making the folder tree and other elements unusably large

what you mean with this-> " no change in compatibility for XnView?"
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BugFix wrote: Wed Jan 07, 2026 2:44 pm as I wrote before:

Monitor 1: 29" 2560x1440px
Monitor 2: 32" 3480x2160px

the problem is the same on both

scaling 100%
If you have only 1 monitor same problem?
what you mean with this-> " no change in compatibility for XnView?"
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