Ubuntu 18.04 fonts are very small
Hi I recently installed Ubuntu 18.04. However fonts on some programs are very small. For instance when I run Notepad++ texts like settings are incredibly small despite changing the font size from the menu. On Chrome or Spotify I can do CTRL++ and that works but it is not a correct solution because it is not system wide and in some programs that shortcut doesn't work. I tried changing fonts on Gnome Tweak Tool and that effected many programs and after changing the scaling from the gnome tweak tool now fonts on many programs are generally okay. However for programs like Notepad++ and Unity3D it doesn't work. I could make font 24 on tweak tool and font on tweak tool would be huge.Than when I go to let's say Notepad++ everything is still same. In Unity3D I can see that header texts like Window, Help etc is large now but all the other text is still very small. On all the other IDE's it works fine. Thanks for the help. I also enabled Large Text from Universal Access.
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Hi I recently installed Ubuntu 18.04. However fonts on some programs are very small. For instance when I run Notepad++ texts like settings are incredibly small despite changing the font size from the menu. On Chrome or Spotify I can do CTRL++ and that works but it is not a correct solution because it is not system wide and in some programs that shortcut doesn't work. I tried changing fonts on Gnome Tweak Tool and that effected many programs and after changing the scaling from the gnome tweak tool now fonts on many programs are generally okay. However for programs like Notepad++ and Unity3D it doesn't work. I could make font 24 on tweak tool and font on tweak tool would be huge.Than when I go to let's say Notepad++ everything is still same. In Unity3D I can see that header texts like Window, Help etc is large now but all the other text is still very small. On all the other IDE's it works fine. Thanks for the help. I also enabled Large Text from Universal Access.
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Possible duplicate of Fractional Scaling 18.04 LTS
– WinEunuuchs2Unix
Dec 25 '18 at 12:42
DIsplay Scaling factor doesn't work.It makes everything way too big.Fonts are generally fine after the Gnome Tweak Tool scaling but some programs do not get effected or they get partially effected.
– lemikistu
Dec 25 '18 at 12:47
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See this: askubuntu.com/questions/859539/… to issuexrandr --dpi 144and then call your program which doesn't follow hi resolution monitor rules.
– WinEunuuchs2Unix
Dec 25 '18 at 12:58
I tried xrandr but not exactly sure where is notepad++ and Unity3D is located.For notepad++ i need wine but wine path is different than notepad++ path shown on the internet.
– lemikistu
Dec 25 '18 at 22:26
A little above my pay grade, but in general typeps -auxto see what is running before you start your app. Then start your app again and runps -auxto see what is running now. The difference between the two is the process that started up. I assume though that you want to runxrandr --dpi 144before runningwine?
– WinEunuuchs2Unix
Dec 25 '18 at 22:29
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Hi I recently installed Ubuntu 18.04. However fonts on some programs are very small. For instance when I run Notepad++ texts like settings are incredibly small despite changing the font size from the menu. On Chrome or Spotify I can do CTRL++ and that works but it is not a correct solution because it is not system wide and in some programs that shortcut doesn't work. I tried changing fonts on Gnome Tweak Tool and that effected many programs and after changing the scaling from the gnome tweak tool now fonts on many programs are generally okay. However for programs like Notepad++ and Unity3D it doesn't work. I could make font 24 on tweak tool and font on tweak tool would be huge.Than when I go to let's say Notepad++ everything is still same. In Unity3D I can see that header texts like Window, Help etc is large now but all the other text is still very small. On all the other IDE's it works fine. Thanks for the help. I also enabled Large Text from Universal Access.
gnome fonts
edited Dec 25 '18 at 17:10
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asked Dec 25 '18 at 12:41
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Hi I recently installed Ubuntu 18.04. However fonts on some programs are very small. For instance when I run Notepad++ texts like settings are incredibly small despite changing the font size from the menu. On Chrome or Spotify I can do CTRL++ and that works but it is not a correct solution because it is not system wide and in some programs that shortcut doesn't work. I tried changing fonts on Gnome Tweak Tool and that effected many programs and after changing the scaling from the gnome tweak tool now fonts on many programs are generally okay. However for programs like Notepad++ and Unity3D it doesn't work. I could make font 24 on tweak tool and font on tweak tool would be huge.Than when I go to let's say Notepad++ everything is still same. In Unity3D I can see that header texts like Window, Help etc is large now but all the other text is still very small. On all the other IDE's it works fine. Thanks for the help. I also enabled Large Text from Universal Access.
gnome fonts
gnome fonts
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asked Dec 25 '18 at 12:41
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edited Dec 25 '18 at 17:10
mature
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asked Dec 25 '18 at 12:41
lemikistulemikistu
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edited Dec 25 '18 at 17:10
mature
1,675523
edited Dec 25 '18 at 17:10
mature
1,675523
edited Dec 25 '18 at 17:10
mature
1,675523
1,675523
asked Dec 25 '18 at 12:41
lemikistulemikistu
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asked Dec 25 '18 at 12:41
lemikistulemikistu
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asked Dec 25 '18 at 12:41
lemikistulemikistu
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Possible duplicate of Fractional Scaling 18.04 LTS
– WinEunuuchs2Unix
Dec 25 '18 at 12:42
DIsplay Scaling factor doesn't work.It makes everything way too big.Fonts are generally fine after the Gnome Tweak Tool scaling but some programs do not get effected or they get partially effected.
– lemikistu
Dec 25 '18 at 12:47
1
See this: askubuntu.com/questions/859539/… to issuexrandr --dpi 144and then call your program which doesn't follow hi resolution monitor rules.
– WinEunuuchs2Unix
Dec 25 '18 at 12:58
I tried xrandr but not exactly sure where is notepad++ and Unity3D is located.For notepad++ i need wine but wine path is different than notepad++ path shown on the internet.
– lemikistu
Dec 25 '18 at 22:26
A little above my pay grade, but in general typeps -auxto see what is running before you start your app. Then start your app again and runps -auxto see what is running now. The difference between the two is the process that started up. I assume though that you want to runxrandr --dpi 144before runningwine?
– WinEunuuchs2Unix
Dec 25 '18 at 22:29
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Possible duplicate of Fractional Scaling 18.04 LTS
– WinEunuuchs2Unix
Dec 25 '18 at 12:42
DIsplay Scaling factor doesn't work.It makes everything way too big.Fonts are generally fine after the Gnome Tweak Tool scaling but some programs do not get effected or they get partially effected.
– lemikistu
Dec 25 '18 at 12:47
1
See this: askubuntu.com/questions/859539/… to issuexrandr --dpi 144and then call your program which doesn't follow hi resolution monitor rules.
– WinEunuuchs2Unix
Dec 25 '18 at 12:58
I tried xrandr but not exactly sure where is notepad++ and Unity3D is located.For notepad++ i need wine but wine path is different than notepad++ path shown on the internet.
– lemikistu
Dec 25 '18 at 22:26
A little above my pay grade, but in general typeps -auxto see what is running before you start your app. Then start your app again and runps -auxto see what is running now. The difference between the two is the process that started up. I assume though that you want to runxrandr --dpi 144before runningwine?
– WinEunuuchs2Unix
Dec 25 '18 at 22:29
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1
Possible duplicate of Fractional Scaling 18.04 LTS
– WinEunuuchs2Unix
Dec 25 '18 at 12:42
Possible duplicate of Fractional Scaling 18.04 LTS
– WinEunuuchs2Unix
Dec 25 '18 at 12:42
DIsplay Scaling factor doesn't work.It makes everything way too big.Fonts are generally fine after the Gnome Tweak Tool scaling but some programs do not get effected or they get partially effected.
– lemikistu
Dec 25 '18 at 12:47
DIsplay Scaling factor doesn't work.It makes everything way too big.Fonts are generally fine after the Gnome Tweak Tool scaling but some programs do not get effected or they get partially effected.
– lemikistu
Dec 25 '18 at 12:47
1
1
See this: askubuntu.com/questions/859539/… to issue
xrandr --dpi 144 and then call your program which doesn't follow hi resolution monitor rules.– WinEunuuchs2Unix
Dec 25 '18 at 12:58
See this: askubuntu.com/questions/859539/… to issue
xrandr --dpi 144 and then call your program which doesn't follow hi resolution monitor rules.– WinEunuuchs2Unix
Dec 25 '18 at 12:58
I tried xrandr but not exactly sure where is notepad++ and Unity3D is located.For notepad++ i need wine but wine path is different than notepad++ path shown on the internet.
– lemikistu
Dec 25 '18 at 22:26
I tried xrandr but not exactly sure where is notepad++ and Unity3D is located.For notepad++ i need wine but wine path is different than notepad++ path shown on the internet.
– lemikistu
Dec 25 '18 at 22:26
A little above my pay grade, but in general type
ps -aux to see what is running before you start your app. Then start your app again and run ps -aux to see what is running now. The difference between the two is the process that started up. I assume though that you want to run xrandr --dpi 144 before running wine?– WinEunuuchs2Unix
Dec 25 '18 at 22:29
A little above my pay grade, but in general type
ps -aux to see what is running before you start your app. Then start your app again and run ps -aux to see what is running now. The difference between the two is the process that started up. I assume though that you want to run xrandr --dpi 144 before running wine?– WinEunuuchs2Unix
Dec 25 '18 at 22:29
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Possible duplicate of Fractional Scaling 18.04 LTS
– WinEunuuchs2Unix
Dec 25 '18 at 12:42
DIsplay Scaling factor doesn't work.It makes everything way too big.Fonts are generally fine after the Gnome Tweak Tool scaling but some programs do not get effected or they get partially effected.
– lemikistu
Dec 25 '18 at 12:47
1
See this: askubuntu.com/questions/859539/… to issue
xrandr --dpi 144and then call your program which doesn't follow hi resolution monitor rules.– WinEunuuchs2Unix
Dec 25 '18 at 12:58
I tried xrandr but not exactly sure where is notepad++ and Unity3D is located.For notepad++ i need wine but wine path is different than notepad++ path shown on the internet.
– lemikistu
Dec 25 '18 at 22:26
A little above my pay grade, but in general type
ps -auxto see what is running before you start your app. Then start your app again and runps -auxto see what is running now. The difference between the two is the process that started up. I assume though that you want to runxrandr --dpi 144before runningwine?– WinEunuuchs2Unix
Dec 25 '18 at 22:29