It's because the default screen resolutions are PAL (or NTSC), so they have double-height pixels to avoid interlacing. Regular progressive screen modes are als

It's because the default screen resolutions are PAL (or NTSC), so they have double-height pixels to avoid interlacing. Regular progressive screen modes are also available (some may require the installation of a graphics card), and if you're using a much higher resolution, increasing the workbench font size also makes all the widgets bigger. High-DPI before high-DPI.