[Discuss] kinda shot myself in the foot with UHD monitors

2014-09-06 Thread Stephen Adler
So I got want I always wanted... the best freeken monitors I could get my hands on Samsung UHD LU28D590DS/ZA. (As it turns out, there's a new 32 monitor which just came out, so be it for getting my hands on the latest technology) So I've run into a rather unexpected problem, I have a

Re: [Discuss] kinda shot myself in the foot with UHD monitors

2014-09-06 Thread Jason Normand
Have not had an issue personally, running WQHD on a 27 ultrasharp. but was thinking of that exact issue with dells new 5k 27. Some of it is just personal preference and what one runs. But something developers will need to account. On Sep 6, 2014 7:32 AM, Stephen Adler ad...@stephenadler.com

Re: [Discuss] kinda shot myself in the foot with UHD monitors

2014-09-06 Thread Stephen Adler
I had a pair of the equivalent samsung 27 monitors (850 type) and the fonts worked OK. But for some reason when I went to the 4K UHD resolution, the fonts just basically fell apart into this tiny world. It's a bit annoying... On 09/06/2014 07:44 AM, Jason Normand wrote: Have not had an

Re: [Discuss] kinda shot myself in the foot with UHD monitors

2014-09-06 Thread Edward Ned Harvey (blu)
From: discuss-bounces+blu=nedharvey@blu.org [mailto:discuss- bounces+blu=nedharvey@blu.org] On Behalf Of Stephen Adler So I've run into a rather unexpected problem, I have a monitor with too much resolution. Your problem isn't too many pixels. It's too many pixels-per-inch (too

Re: [Discuss] kinda shot myself in the foot with UHD monitors

2014-09-06 Thread Stephen Adler
On 09/06/2014 11:19 AM, Edward Ned Harvey (blu) wrote: From: discuss-bounces+blu=nedharvey@blu.org [mailto:discuss- bounces+blu=nedharvey@blu.org] On Behalf Of Stephen Adler So I've run into a rather unexpected problem, I have a monitor with too much resolution. Your problem isn't too

Re: [Discuss] kinda shot myself in the foot with UHD monitors

2014-09-06 Thread jbk
On 09/06/2014 11:19 AM, Edward Ned Harvey (blu) wrote: From: discuss-bounces+blu=nedharvey@blu.org [mailto:discuss- bounces+blu=nedharvey@blu.org] On Behalf Of Stephen Adler So I've run into a rather unexpected problem, I have a monitor with too much resolution. In the past I

Re: [Discuss] kinda shot myself in the foot with UHD monitors

2014-09-06 Thread Robert Krawitz
On Sat, 06 Sep 2014 11:34:25 -0400, jbk wrote: On 09/06/2014 11:19 AM, Edward Ned Harvey (blu) wrote: From: discuss-bounces+blu=nedharvey@blu.org [mailto:discuss- bounces+blu=nedharvey@blu.org] On Behalf Of Stephen Adler So I've run into a rather unexpected problem, I have a monitor

Re: [Discuss] kinda shot myself in the foot with UHD monitors

2014-09-06 Thread Richard Pieri
On 9/6/2014 11:19 AM, Edward Ned Harvey (blu) wrote: Your problem isn't too many pixels. It's too many pixels-per-inch (too much density). AKA dot pitch or dots per inch (DPI). The most correct technical solution has nothing to do with the desktop environment or fonts being used. Nor is it