Fieldwork - problem with HiDPI screen (4k)

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Hi, I use Fieldwork on Linux (Flatpak). I use a 4K screen and the program appears extremely small and is thus unusable on such a high resoluton. Is there a way to adjust the dpi or font size? I tried starting it with --force-device-scale-factor=1.5 but that did not change anything. Any help is greatly appreciated!

Remark: I also tried it on Windows with my 4K screen. On Windows, it is better scaled, but appears blurry.

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You may get a better answer by posting on https://groups.google.com/u/1/g/flex-list
(Sorry about the confusion; that forum long predates this one. We are working on a link from here to there.)

Windows Scaling
I just played with my 190 dpi screen and Windows Display Settings. With Display resolution=Recommended and Scaling=200% (Recommended), some things looked grainy, but no grainier than on any other 95 dpi monitor. I also tried 175% and 150%, which lost some clarity (as it must), but everything was still quite readable. How blurry was it for you?
In Windows Display Settings, under Scale and layout, I clicked “Advanced scaling settings” and turned off “Let Windows try to fix apps so they’re not blurry,” but I didn’t notice a difference.

FieldWorks Font Sizes

  • In FieldWorks, choose Format > Styles… and edit the Normal style (this will affect all styles with an unspecified font size, so it will affect how all of your data appears).
  • Under the Font tab, choose a larger font size. (You can click the different Writing System names to choose different sizes for each.)
  • You can also change the UiElement style’s font size. This will affect some labels in Lexicon Edit and Interlinear Texts, but will not affect menus or other UI elements.
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Dear Hasso,

thank you very much for your answer! I appreciate it! In Linux,
unfortunately, it does not scale at all. But I do have a dual boot
machine and on Windows, as you wrote, the UI looks bigger and the blur
effect is not that big - so I am still able to work with the software
without any issues.

I will continue to try some things in Linux. Will keep you updated.

In future, I will post on the google group.

Many thanks for your great software product and all the best
Gerald

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