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prismavoid08

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[SOLVED] Text in Certain Applications is too Small to Read

I recently got a new laptop that has a 4k screen, and installed Arch Linux with i3wm. I have had the problem that certain applications, notably VLC media player and Tuxboot have text that is way too small to read. I have also tried changing the screen resolution with xrandr to 1920x1080 and even 960x720, but this does not seem to solve the problem. I know it is not a problem with GTK because I already set a larger font size there and GTK applications like Thunar look fine. Does this have anything to do with the screen size and how can I fix it?

Last edited by prismavoid08 (2020-07-12 05:58:57)

Trilby

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Re: [SOLVED] Text in Certain Applications is too Small to Read

Certainly it's not a GTK issue as VLC and tuxboot do not use GTK.  VLC uses qt.  The PKGBUILD for tuxboot also shows it uses Qt, but perhaps Qt4 rather than the current Qt5.  So adjust settings for Qt as covered in the wiki:
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/HiDPI#GUI_toolkits

Note, you'd be best off by first ensuring your Xorg DPI settings are actually correct (they often are not - check with an actual ruler and pixel count not the Xorg-reported screen size), then once that's done, adjust each toolkit to your liking.

Last edited by Trilby (2020-07-10 18:20:48)

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prismavoid08

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Re: [SOLVED] Text in Certain Applications is too Small to Read

Thank you! Configuring the qt4 and qt5 settings worked for Tuxboot and VLC respectively