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MCL-21633

UI scale is so small that text is unreadable on Ubuntu 20.04

I have the launcher installed on an Ubuntu 20.04 OS. The monitor is 24 inches across and 1080p resolution. Text is displayed in about 2 point font, making it practically impossible to read even on the large screen.

 

There has to be some way to fix this scaling issue and make the UI usable, but I can't find anything anywhere.

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Hi there!

Did you try to change scaling in display options? How does Launcher look on 100%/150% setting?

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The text is readable at 150% display scaling, but only barely – it is aliased horribly because the font size is still too small. More to the point, it shouldn't require scaling my system to cartoon proportions to read text on a 1080p screen. Not trying to be rude; just trying to be direct.

@Zgajak any chance this gets fixed or at least examined?

We have not been able to reproduce this issue, any additional information that you can provide will be helpful.

$ lsb_release -a

No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID:    Ubuntu
Description:    Ubuntu 20.04.4 LTS
Release:    20.04
Codename:    focal

 

From About in the settings app:

Processor: Intel Core i7-8650U @1.90GHz x 8
Graphics: Radeon 500 Series (POLARIS12, DRM 3.42.0, 5.15.0-43-generic, LLVM 12.0.0) / Mesa Intel® UHD Graphics 620 (KBL GT2)
OS Type: 64 bit
GNOME Version: 3.36.8
Windowing System: X11

 

Under Universal Access in the settings app, only the following are enabled:
Repeat Keys
Cursor Blinking

 

From the Gnome Tweaks app:

Appearance/Themes
Applications: Yaru-dark
Cursor: Yaru
Icons: Yaru
Shell: [empty]
Sound: Yaru

Fonts
Interface Text: Ubuntu Regular 11
Document Text: Sans Regular 11
Monospace Text: Ubuntu Mono Regular 13
Legacy Window Titles: Ubuntu Bold 11
Hinting: Slight
Antialiasing: Subpixel (for LCD screens)
Scaling Factor: 1.00

 

From the launcher:

Launcher
Linux 5.15.0-43-generic 2.3.324
Thursday, July 21, 2022, 2:57:22 PM
d78ae6a8af2835b7122f65672ca4cb5970c4554b

Bootstrap
1.1.21
Tuesday, June 21, 2022, 3:31:39 PM
9e575d7963b8b514b78650289be9761772833ff0

UI
2.3.324
Thursday, July 21, 2022, 2:42:09 PM
d78ae6a8af2835b7122f65672ca4cb5970c4554b

 

Launcher interface is completely unaffected by any of the font settings from the Tweaks app.

I really don't know what other information would be helpful. The data from the launcher was copied and pasted because the font was still too small to read.

Closing as a duplicate of MCL-10940, as it seems to describe this issue. Thanks!

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