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echo: rberrypi
to: AHEM A RIVET`S SHOT
from: A. DUMAS
date: 2019-07-07 16:43:00
subject: Re: Raspberry Pi 4 - fast

Ahem A Rivet's Shot  wrote:
> On 07 Jul 2019 10:20:30 GMT
> A. Dumas  wrote:
>
>> I have a 43" or 108 cm 4k tv and tried native resolution from my computer.
>> Despite the large diagonal compared to mainstream computer monitors, still
>> tiny tiny text. Had to sit at about a metre from the screen, and swivel my
>> head up down left right. Not ideal. And scaling rather defeats the
>> purpose, for me (mainly coding, so text). I'll stick to my 27" 2560x1440
>> on the desktop.
>
>  I often wish that the Next had made display-postscript take
> off. Text sizes should be measured in points and be completely
> independent of resolution. I have a laptop with a 4K 15.6" screen
> and when I look at the font and display settings they make no sense. 
Yes, but what I meant was: I'm sure I can scale the text to some legible
size, but then no more text will fit on the 4k monitor than on the lower
resolution one.

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