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.

Answer 1

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.

Answer 2

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

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

Answer 3

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.

Answer 4

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

Answer 5

As of Ubuntu 24.04.1 LTS there are two options:

1. Using tweaks for scaling the text

   

2. Settings -> Accessibility -> Seeing -> Toggle the "Large Text" button

But I feel the first option is the way to go for my Dell 14 inch screen