I've just bought my first 23'' monitor. Which settings to tweak to fill myself comfortable with 1920x1080?

Question

I've just installed Ubuntu 10.04 on my brand new computer with 23" 1920x1080 monitor. This is my first experience with such a large screen resolution. I don't know what settings should be changed but I feel myself uncomfortable. 1920x1080 resolution is very unusual to me.

What did you do to feel comfortable with 1920x1080? Please share your experience. I would also like to know where I can make adjustments to the screen so I can try different settings to find the ones that will make it look better.

Answer 1

Here are some Appearance related questions that you might want to check out:

• How do I change fonts and adjust their size?
• https://askubuntu.com/questions/244/what-should-i-set-the-dpi-to-for-my-13-macbook-pro/48083#48083
• Is there a software utility to adjust screen gamma/brightness/contrast?

Answer 2

Going to answer the DPI question:

You want to set the DPI (dots per inch, used by the font renderer) to the PPI (pixel per inch) of your screen, so that a 10 point font is really 10 point on your screen.

Lucky for you, your monitor has 96 pixel per inch (2203 pixels on a 23" diagonal), so you can leave the DPI setting alone and just resize the fonts to your liking (Alt + F2 → gnome-appearance-properties → Fonts tab).