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I've actually done this on my primary setup which is an AMD ThinkPad connected to a 4K 27 inch display. I didn't know about issues with fractional scaling befor
by ayushnix 5y ago
I've actually done this on my primary setup which is an AMD ThinkPad connected to a 4K 27 inch display. I didn't know about issues with fractional scaling before I bought this monitor and now I keep everything at 1x scaling and have increased the font size.
As I said, this setup has two big drawbacks
- I can't use my laptop display without adjusting the font size
- Almost all GUI apps look strange because the text is large and icons are small. For example, the uBlock Origin icon on Firefox is tiny and sometimes I make mistake and click elsewhere.
Scaling fonts and not the display is a hack but considering fractional scaling is even more messy, I've resorted to using this method.
This is why I said that I won't buy the FrameWork laptop because it needs fractional scaling.
- m0zg 5y agoAh yes, if your laptop is non-hidpi and your display is, you will have these issues. In my case both the laptop and the display are hidpi, and things work pretty well. Basically all devices I used in the last decade are hidpi.
- ayushnix 5y agoMy laptop has a 14 inch 1080p display which is ~157 PPI so it needs around 1.2x scaling. My external monitor is 27 inch 4K which is ~163 PPI so it needs at least 1.5x scaling. The most obvious solution that fixes all of these problems is to buy displays that work with 2x scaling. A combination of 15 inch 4K or 13 inch 3000x2000 laptop display and a 27 inch 5K external display is the ideal combination because both of them would work with 2x scaling.