How do I increase the font size in Ubuntu 18.04 LTS for a 4k laptop display?
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I have a Dell XPS 15-9560 laptop with 15.6" 4K Ultra HD (3840 x 2160) IGZO IPS 350-nits Touch-screen, and NVIDIA GeForce GTX1050 4GB GDDR5.
It's having 4K resolution. Right from the grub screen to Ubuntu, it's having very very small fonts. Is there any way i can increase the fonts size?
This is a real nice laptop - real MacBook Pro killer..getting very popular...and i can see a lot of folks will be having the same issue.
Edit 1
I messed up my current installation of ubuntu desktop 18.04 LTS and have to reinstall it all over again.
Just tried this one now:
Adding nouveau.modeset=0 to the boot parameters was much better workaround for smaller fonts and i am having much better resolution now.
It's much better solution than others as of now.
Seems to ubuntu18.04 LTS is not as stable and much more complex issues with Nvidia graphics card than the previous versions.
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I have a Dell XPS 15-9560 laptop with 15.6" 4K Ultra HD (3840 x 2160) IGZO IPS 350-nits Touch-screen, and NVIDIA GeForce GTX1050 4GB GDDR5.
It's having 4K resolution. Right from the grub screen to Ubuntu, it's having very very small fonts. Is there any way i can increase the fonts size?
This is a real nice laptop - real MacBook Pro killer..getting very popular...and i can see a lot of folks will be having the same issue.
Edit 1
I messed up my current installation of ubuntu desktop 18.04 LTS and have to reinstall it all over again.
Just tried this one now:
Adding nouveau.modeset=0 to the boot parameters was much better workaround for smaller fonts and i am having much better resolution now.
It's much better solution than others as of now.
Seems to ubuntu18.04 LTS is not as stable and much more complex issues with Nvidia graphics card than the previous versions.
fonts hdpi
asked May 12 at 23:57
Ashu
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You can tell Ubuntu to scale its display elements in settings.
– Thorbjørn Ravn Andersen
May 13 at 11:49
Please tell me the steps in terms of how??
– Ashu
May 13 at 14:08
1
I believe @ThorbjørnRavnAndersen is referring to bottom answer here of usingSettings->Displays.
– WinEunuuchs2Unix
May 13 at 14:17
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up vote
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I have a Dell XPS 15-9560 laptop with 15.6" 4K Ultra HD (3840 x 2160) IGZO IPS 350-nits Touch-screen, and NVIDIA GeForce GTX1050 4GB GDDR5.
It's having 4K resolution. Right from the grub screen to Ubuntu, it's having very very small fonts. Is there any way i can increase the fonts size?
This is a real nice laptop - real MacBook Pro killer..getting very popular...and i can see a lot of folks will be having the same issue.
Edit 1
I messed up my current installation of ubuntu desktop 18.04 LTS and have to reinstall it all over again.
Just tried this one now:
Adding nouveau.modeset=0 to the boot parameters was much better workaround for smaller fonts and i am having much better resolution now.
It's much better solution than others as of now.
Seems to ubuntu18.04 LTS is not as stable and much more complex issues with Nvidia graphics card than the previous versions.
fonts hdpi
asked May 12 at 23:57
Ashu
2,43431336
I have a Dell XPS 15-9560 laptop with 15.6" 4K Ultra HD (3840 x 2160) IGZO IPS 350-nits Touch-screen, and NVIDIA GeForce GTX1050 4GB GDDR5.
It's having 4K resolution. Right from the grub screen to Ubuntu, it's having very very small fonts. Is there any way i can increase the fonts size?
This is a real nice laptop - real MacBook Pro killer..getting very popular...and i can see a lot of folks will be having the same issue.
Edit 1
I messed up my current installation of ubuntu desktop 18.04 LTS and have to reinstall it all over again.
Just tried this one now:
Adding nouveau.modeset=0 to the boot parameters was much better workaround for smaller fonts and i am having much better resolution now.
It's much better solution than others as of now.
Seems to ubuntu18.04 LTS is not as stable and much more complex issues with Nvidia graphics card than the previous versions.
fonts hdpi
asked May 12 at 23:57
Ashu
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edited May 19 at 17:35
asked May 12 at 23:57
Ashu
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asked May 12 at 23:57
Ashu
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asked May 12 at 23:57
Ashu
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2,43431336
You can tell Ubuntu to scale its display elements in settings.
– Thorbjørn Ravn Andersen
May 13 at 11:49
Please tell me the steps in terms of how??
– Ashu
May 13 at 14:08
1
I believe @ThorbjørnRavnAndersen is referring to bottom answer here of usingSettings->Displays.
– WinEunuuchs2Unix
May 13 at 14:17
add a comment |Â
You can tell Ubuntu to scale its display elements in settings.
– Thorbjørn Ravn Andersen
May 13 at 11:49
Please tell me the steps in terms of how??
– Ashu
May 13 at 14:08
1
I believe @ThorbjørnRavnAndersen is referring to bottom answer here of usingSettings->Displays.
– WinEunuuchs2Unix
May 13 at 14:17
You can tell Ubuntu to scale its display elements in settings.
– Thorbjørn Ravn Andersen
May 13 at 11:49
You can tell Ubuntu to scale its display elements in settings.
– Thorbjørn Ravn Andersen
May 13 at 11:49
Please tell me the steps in terms of how??
– Ashu
May 13 at 14:08
Please tell me the steps in terms of how??
– Ashu
May 13 at 14:08
1
1
I believe @ThorbjørnRavnAndersen is referring to bottom answer here of using
Settings -> Displays.– WinEunuuchs2Unix
May 13 at 14:17
I believe @ThorbjørnRavnAndersen is referring to bottom answer here of using
Settings -> Displays.– WinEunuuchs2Unix
May 13 at 14:17
add a comment |Â
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You may use (GNOME) Tweaks to adjust font sizes of various elements. First install Tweaks by running
sudo apt install gnome-tweaks
(or sudo apt install gnome-tweak-tool).
Then launch Tweaks and go to the Fonts section, you'll get the options to change font sizes.
answered May 13 at 0:02
pomsky
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Didn't worked in my case.
– Ashu
May 13 at 3:29
@Ashu You see no increase at all? Which one(s) did you change? Try changing the scaling factor too.
– pomsky
May 13 at 3:38
i increased the fonts for everything(Windows Title to Monospace to 14/15) and Scaling factor to 2.0. No effect.
– Ashu
May 13 at 14:04
1
This worked...i was making the changes from the root user Not from the logged in user. Worked fine.
– Ashu
May 13 at 23:00
But still the fonts at Grub Screen - overall ICONs are bit tiny..not everything is being scaled up. Any idea for that?
– Ashu
May 13 at 23:04
 |Â
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You may use (UNITY) Tweaks to adjust font size along with other UI elements. Install it using:
sudo apt install unity-tweak-tool
The settings I'm using for scaling on a 1920x1080 monitor are 1.38 times. You would probably want 2.00 or higher:
The Text scaling factor scales both fonts and UI elements like title bars, menus, etc.
Here's a GIF showing changing scaling from 1.38 to 1.00 and then to 2.00:
In the .gif above scaling starts at 1.38 on a 1920x1080 monitor. Then it is changed to 1 and everything gets tiny, which is normal. Then it is changed to 2 which is ideal for the visually challenged. Once again the icons have fixed pixel size and the font shrinking or expanding under the icon gives the illusion their size is changing.
There are others tweak tools that may be of interest in 18.04 LTS:
$ apt list | grep tweak
gajim-rostertweaks/bionic,bionic 1.0.0-3 all
gnome-tweak-tool/bionic,bionic 3.28.1-1 all
gnome-tweaks/bionic,bionic 3.28.1-1 all
mate-tweak/bionic,bionic 18.04.16-1 all
mousetweaks/bionic,bionic,now 3.12.0-4 amd64 [installed]
tweak/bionic 3.02-2 amd64
unity-tweak-tool/bionic,bionic,now 0.0.7ubuntu4 all [installed]
answered May 13 at 1:36
WinEunuuchs2Unix
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Getting error when trying to use this :/home/ashu# sudo unity-tweak-tool /usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/UnityTweakTool/__init__.py:40: PyGIWarning: Gtk was imported without specifying a version first. Use gi.require_version('Gtk', '3.0') before import to ensure that the right version gets loaded. from gi.repository import Gtk Error: schema com.canonical.notify-osd not installed Gtk-Message: 22:26:09.434: GtkDialog mapped without a transient parent. This is discouraged.
– Ashu
May 13 at 3:27
1
@Ashu Gnome Toolkit (GTK) warning messages unfortunately occur all the time. Unless something is broken and doesn't work you can safely ignore them.
– WinEunuuchs2Unix
May 13 at 3:37
@Ashu To avoid the messages callunity-tweak-toolfrom the desktop launcher or dash (Alt + F2) rather than the command line.
– WinEunuuchs2Unix
May 13 at 13:25
Do we have GNome or unity by default in Ubuntu 18.04 LTS?
– Ashu
May 13 at 14:05
@Ashu I think by default they are both there but I've only done 16.04 to 18.04 upgrade 4 times (on a test partition) and each time both were there.
– WinEunuuchs2Unix
May 13 at 14:09
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You don't need to install third-party tools if you using Unity.
Just go: Unity control center -> Displays -> Scale for menu and title bars
Now you can scale everything to a readable size:
answered May 13 at 1:53
Stackcraft_noob
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Ahem... Unity itself is a third party tool in Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (it comes with GNOME instead of Unity).
– pomsky
May 13 at 2:02
@pomsky ok!?! I thought its part of the system! But your right Unity is just the default desktop enviroment! I always think defaults are not third party .......
– Stackcraft_noob
May 13 at 2:05
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It's not the default desktop environment any more, Canonical ditched Unity and switched to GNOME since 17.10.
– pomsky
May 13 at 2:07
@pomsky good to know! Im still on ubuntu 16
– Stackcraft_noob
May 13 at 2:10
@pomsky I think someone said on their installation Unity is the default desktop for those upgrading 16.04 LTS to18.04 LTS. (Long Term Support). The flash in the pan odd numbers (17.04, 17.10, etc) I'm not sure about. It's kind of confusing: Wayland is in, no wait Wayland is out. and more recently: Unity is out, no wait Unity is in again. Anyway I think we can look forward to two answers from now on, one for Gnome and one for Unity if OP doesn't specify a desktop.
– WinEunuuchs2Unix
May 13 at 14:13
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This helped me when I upgraded from 16.04 lts to 18.04 lts:
- open system settings
- select universal access
- turn on large text
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In addition to this, you could change the scaling, System Settings->Devices->Displays and change the scaling to 200%
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up vote
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You may use (GNOME) Tweaks to adjust font sizes of various elements. First install Tweaks by running
sudo apt install gnome-tweaks
(or sudo apt install gnome-tweak-tool).
Then launch Tweaks and go to the Fonts section, you'll get the options to change font sizes.
answered May 13 at 0:02
pomsky
21.9k76694
Didn't worked in my case.
– Ashu
May 13 at 3:29
@Ashu You see no increase at all? Which one(s) did you change? Try changing the scaling factor too.
– pomsky
May 13 at 3:38
i increased the fonts for everything(Windows Title to Monospace to 14/15) and Scaling factor to 2.0. No effect.
– Ashu
May 13 at 14:04
1
This worked...i was making the changes from the root user Not from the logged in user. Worked fine.
– Ashu
May 13 at 23:00
But still the fonts at Grub Screen - overall ICONs are bit tiny..not everything is being scaled up. Any idea for that?
– Ashu
May 13 at 23:04
 |Â
show 1 more comment
up vote
9
down vote
accepted
You may use (GNOME) Tweaks to adjust font sizes of various elements. First install Tweaks by running
sudo apt install gnome-tweaks
(or sudo apt install gnome-tweak-tool).
Then launch Tweaks and go to the Fonts section, you'll get the options to change font sizes.
answered May 13 at 0:02
pomsky
21.9k76694
Didn't worked in my case.
– Ashu
May 13 at 3:29
@Ashu You see no increase at all? Which one(s) did you change? Try changing the scaling factor too.
– pomsky
May 13 at 3:38
i increased the fonts for everything(Windows Title to Monospace to 14/15) and Scaling factor to 2.0. No effect.
– Ashu
May 13 at 14:04
1
This worked...i was making the changes from the root user Not from the logged in user. Worked fine.
– Ashu
May 13 at 23:00
But still the fonts at Grub Screen - overall ICONs are bit tiny..not everything is being scaled up. Any idea for that?
– Ashu
May 13 at 23:04
 |Â
show 1 more comment
up vote
9
down vote
accepted
up vote
9
down vote
accepted
You may use (GNOME) Tweaks to adjust font sizes of various elements. First install Tweaks by running
sudo apt install gnome-tweaks
(or sudo apt install gnome-tweak-tool).
Then launch Tweaks and go to the Fonts section, you'll get the options to change font sizes.
answered May 13 at 0:02
pomsky
21.9k76694
You may use (GNOME) Tweaks to adjust font sizes of various elements. First install Tweaks by running
sudo apt install gnome-tweaks
(or sudo apt install gnome-tweak-tool).
Then launch Tweaks and go to the Fonts section, you'll get the options to change font sizes.
answered May 13 at 0:02
pomsky
21.9k76694
answered May 13 at 0:02
pomsky
21.9k76694
answered May 13 at 0:02
pomsky
21.9k76694
answered May 13 at 0:02
pomsky
21.9k76694
21.9k76694
Didn't worked in my case.
– Ashu
May 13 at 3:29
@Ashu You see no increase at all? Which one(s) did you change? Try changing the scaling factor too.
– pomsky
May 13 at 3:38
i increased the fonts for everything(Windows Title to Monospace to 14/15) and Scaling factor to 2.0. No effect.
– Ashu
May 13 at 14:04
1
This worked...i was making the changes from the root user Not from the logged in user. Worked fine.
– Ashu
May 13 at 23:00
But still the fonts at Grub Screen - overall ICONs are bit tiny..not everything is being scaled up. Any idea for that?
– Ashu
May 13 at 23:04
 |Â
show 1 more comment
Didn't worked in my case.
– Ashu
May 13 at 3:29
@Ashu You see no increase at all? Which one(s) did you change? Try changing the scaling factor too.
– pomsky
May 13 at 3:38
i increased the fonts for everything(Windows Title to Monospace to 14/15) and Scaling factor to 2.0. No effect.
– Ashu
May 13 at 14:04
1
This worked...i was making the changes from the root user Not from the logged in user. Worked fine.
– Ashu
May 13 at 23:00
But still the fonts at Grub Screen - overall ICONs are bit tiny..not everything is being scaled up. Any idea for that?
– Ashu
May 13 at 23:04
Didn't worked in my case.
– Ashu
May 13 at 3:29
Didn't worked in my case.
– Ashu
May 13 at 3:29
@Ashu You see no increase at all? Which one(s) did you change? Try changing the scaling factor too.
– pomsky
May 13 at 3:38
@Ashu You see no increase at all? Which one(s) did you change? Try changing the scaling factor too.
– pomsky
May 13 at 3:38
i increased the fonts for everything(Windows Title to Monospace to 14/15) and Scaling factor to 2.0. No effect.
– Ashu
May 13 at 14:04
i increased the fonts for everything(Windows Title to Monospace to 14/15) and Scaling factor to 2.0. No effect.
– Ashu
May 13 at 14:04
1
1
This worked...i was making the changes from the root user Not from the logged in user. Worked fine.
– Ashu
May 13 at 23:00
This worked...i was making the changes from the root user Not from the logged in user. Worked fine.
– Ashu
May 13 at 23:00
But still the fonts at Grub Screen - overall ICONs are bit tiny..not everything is being scaled up. Any idea for that?
– Ashu
May 13 at 23:04
But still the fonts at Grub Screen - overall ICONs are bit tiny..not everything is being scaled up. Any idea for that?
– Ashu
May 13 at 23:04
 |Â
show 1 more comment
up vote
5
down vote
You may use (UNITY) Tweaks to adjust font size along with other UI elements. Install it using:
sudo apt install unity-tweak-tool
The settings I'm using for scaling on a 1920x1080 monitor are 1.38 times. You would probably want 2.00 or higher:
The Text scaling factor scales both fonts and UI elements like title bars, menus, etc.
Here's a GIF showing changing scaling from 1.38 to 1.00 and then to 2.00:
In the .gif above scaling starts at 1.38 on a 1920x1080 monitor. Then it is changed to 1 and everything gets tiny, which is normal. Then it is changed to 2 which is ideal for the visually challenged. Once again the icons have fixed pixel size and the font shrinking or expanding under the icon gives the illusion their size is changing.
There are others tweak tools that may be of interest in 18.04 LTS:
$ apt list | grep tweak
gajim-rostertweaks/bionic,bionic 1.0.0-3 all
gnome-tweak-tool/bionic,bionic 3.28.1-1 all
gnome-tweaks/bionic,bionic 3.28.1-1 all
mate-tweak/bionic,bionic 18.04.16-1 all
mousetweaks/bionic,bionic,now 3.12.0-4 amd64 [installed]
tweak/bionic 3.02-2 amd64
unity-tweak-tool/bionic,bionic,now 0.0.7ubuntu4 all [installed]
answered May 13 at 1:36
WinEunuuchs2Unix
35k758132
Getting error when trying to use this :/home/ashu# sudo unity-tweak-tool /usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/UnityTweakTool/__init__.py:40: PyGIWarning: Gtk was imported without specifying a version first. Use gi.require_version('Gtk', '3.0') before import to ensure that the right version gets loaded. from gi.repository import Gtk Error: schema com.canonical.notify-osd not installed Gtk-Message: 22:26:09.434: GtkDialog mapped without a transient parent. This is discouraged.
– Ashu
May 13 at 3:27
1
@Ashu Gnome Toolkit (GTK) warning messages unfortunately occur all the time. Unless something is broken and doesn't work you can safely ignore them.
– WinEunuuchs2Unix
May 13 at 3:37
@Ashu To avoid the messages callunity-tweak-toolfrom the desktop launcher or dash (Alt + F2) rather than the command line.
– WinEunuuchs2Unix
May 13 at 13:25
Do we have GNome or unity by default in Ubuntu 18.04 LTS?
– Ashu
May 13 at 14:05
@Ashu I think by default they are both there but I've only done 16.04 to 18.04 upgrade 4 times (on a test partition) and each time both were there.
– WinEunuuchs2Unix
May 13 at 14:09
 |Â
show 7 more comments
up vote
5
down vote
You may use (UNITY) Tweaks to adjust font size along with other UI elements. Install it using:
sudo apt install unity-tweak-tool
The settings I'm using for scaling on a 1920x1080 monitor are 1.38 times. You would probably want 2.00 or higher:
The Text scaling factor scales both fonts and UI elements like title bars, menus, etc.
Here's a GIF showing changing scaling from 1.38 to 1.00 and then to 2.00:
In the .gif above scaling starts at 1.38 on a 1920x1080 monitor. Then it is changed to 1 and everything gets tiny, which is normal. Then it is changed to 2 which is ideal for the visually challenged. Once again the icons have fixed pixel size and the font shrinking or expanding under the icon gives the illusion their size is changing.
There are others tweak tools that may be of interest in 18.04 LTS:
$ apt list | grep tweak
gajim-rostertweaks/bionic,bionic 1.0.0-3 all
gnome-tweak-tool/bionic,bionic 3.28.1-1 all
gnome-tweaks/bionic,bionic 3.28.1-1 all
mate-tweak/bionic,bionic 18.04.16-1 all
mousetweaks/bionic,bionic,now 3.12.0-4 amd64 [installed]
tweak/bionic 3.02-2 amd64
unity-tweak-tool/bionic,bionic,now 0.0.7ubuntu4 all [installed]
answered May 13 at 1:36
WinEunuuchs2Unix
35k758132
Getting error when trying to use this :/home/ashu# sudo unity-tweak-tool /usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/UnityTweakTool/__init__.py:40: PyGIWarning: Gtk was imported without specifying a version first. Use gi.require_version('Gtk', '3.0') before import to ensure that the right version gets loaded. from gi.repository import Gtk Error: schema com.canonical.notify-osd not installed Gtk-Message: 22:26:09.434: GtkDialog mapped without a transient parent. This is discouraged.
– Ashu
May 13 at 3:27
1
@Ashu Gnome Toolkit (GTK) warning messages unfortunately occur all the time. Unless something is broken and doesn't work you can safely ignore them.
– WinEunuuchs2Unix
May 13 at 3:37
@Ashu To avoid the messages callunity-tweak-toolfrom the desktop launcher or dash (Alt + F2) rather than the command line.
– WinEunuuchs2Unix
May 13 at 13:25
Do we have GNome or unity by default in Ubuntu 18.04 LTS?
– Ashu
May 13 at 14:05
@Ashu I think by default they are both there but I've only done 16.04 to 18.04 upgrade 4 times (on a test partition) and each time both were there.
– WinEunuuchs2Unix
May 13 at 14:09
 |Â
show 7 more comments
up vote
5
down vote
up vote
5
down vote
You may use (UNITY) Tweaks to adjust font size along with other UI elements. Install it using:
sudo apt install unity-tweak-tool
The settings I'm using for scaling on a 1920x1080 monitor are 1.38 times. You would probably want 2.00 or higher:
The Text scaling factor scales both fonts and UI elements like title bars, menus, etc.
Here's a GIF showing changing scaling from 1.38 to 1.00 and then to 2.00:
In the .gif above scaling starts at 1.38 on a 1920x1080 monitor. Then it is changed to 1 and everything gets tiny, which is normal. Then it is changed to 2 which is ideal for the visually challenged. Once again the icons have fixed pixel size and the font shrinking or expanding under the icon gives the illusion their size is changing.
There are others tweak tools that may be of interest in 18.04 LTS:
$ apt list | grep tweak
gajim-rostertweaks/bionic,bionic 1.0.0-3 all
gnome-tweak-tool/bionic,bionic 3.28.1-1 all
gnome-tweaks/bionic,bionic 3.28.1-1 all
mate-tweak/bionic,bionic 18.04.16-1 all
mousetweaks/bionic,bionic,now 3.12.0-4 amd64 [installed]
tweak/bionic 3.02-2 amd64
unity-tweak-tool/bionic,bionic,now 0.0.7ubuntu4 all [installed]
answered May 13 at 1:36
WinEunuuchs2Unix
35k758132
You may use (UNITY) Tweaks to adjust font size along with other UI elements. Install it using:
sudo apt install unity-tweak-tool
The settings I'm using for scaling on a 1920x1080 monitor are 1.38 times. You would probably want 2.00 or higher:
The Text scaling factor scales both fonts and UI elements like title bars, menus, etc.
Here's a GIF showing changing scaling from 1.38 to 1.00 and then to 2.00:
In the .gif above scaling starts at 1.38 on a 1920x1080 monitor. Then it is changed to 1 and everything gets tiny, which is normal. Then it is changed to 2 which is ideal for the visually challenged. Once again the icons have fixed pixel size and the font shrinking or expanding under the icon gives the illusion their size is changing.
There are others tweak tools that may be of interest in 18.04 LTS:
$ apt list | grep tweak
gajim-rostertweaks/bionic,bionic 1.0.0-3 all
gnome-tweak-tool/bionic,bionic 3.28.1-1 all
gnome-tweaks/bionic,bionic 3.28.1-1 all
mate-tweak/bionic,bionic 18.04.16-1 all
mousetweaks/bionic,bionic,now 3.12.0-4 amd64 [installed]
tweak/bionic 3.02-2 amd64
unity-tweak-tool/bionic,bionic,now 0.0.7ubuntu4 all [installed]
answered May 13 at 1:36
WinEunuuchs2Unix
35k758132
answered May 13 at 1:36
WinEunuuchs2Unix
35k758132
answered May 13 at 1:36
WinEunuuchs2Unix
35k758132
answered May 13 at 1:36
WinEunuuchs2Unix
35k758132
35k758132
Getting error when trying to use this :/home/ashu# sudo unity-tweak-tool /usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/UnityTweakTool/__init__.py:40: PyGIWarning: Gtk was imported without specifying a version first. Use gi.require_version('Gtk', '3.0') before import to ensure that the right version gets loaded. from gi.repository import Gtk Error: schema com.canonical.notify-osd not installed Gtk-Message: 22:26:09.434: GtkDialog mapped without a transient parent. This is discouraged.
– Ashu
May 13 at 3:27
1
@Ashu Gnome Toolkit (GTK) warning messages unfortunately occur all the time. Unless something is broken and doesn't work you can safely ignore them.
– WinEunuuchs2Unix
May 13 at 3:37
@Ashu To avoid the messages callunity-tweak-toolfrom the desktop launcher or dash (Alt + F2) rather than the command line.
– WinEunuuchs2Unix
May 13 at 13:25
Do we have GNome or unity by default in Ubuntu 18.04 LTS?
– Ashu
May 13 at 14:05
@Ashu I think by default they are both there but I've only done 16.04 to 18.04 upgrade 4 times (on a test partition) and each time both were there.
– WinEunuuchs2Unix
May 13 at 14:09
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Getting error when trying to use this :/home/ashu# sudo unity-tweak-tool /usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/UnityTweakTool/__init__.py:40: PyGIWarning: Gtk was imported without specifying a version first. Use gi.require_version('Gtk', '3.0') before import to ensure that the right version gets loaded. from gi.repository import Gtk Error: schema com.canonical.notify-osd not installed Gtk-Message: 22:26:09.434: GtkDialog mapped without a transient parent. This is discouraged.
– Ashu
May 13 at 3:27
1
@Ashu Gnome Toolkit (GTK) warning messages unfortunately occur all the time. Unless something is broken and doesn't work you can safely ignore them.
– WinEunuuchs2Unix
May 13 at 3:37
@Ashu To avoid the messages callunity-tweak-toolfrom the desktop launcher or dash (Alt + F2) rather than the command line.
– WinEunuuchs2Unix
May 13 at 13:25
Do we have GNome or unity by default in Ubuntu 18.04 LTS?
– Ashu
May 13 at 14:05
@Ashu I think by default they are both there but I've only done 16.04 to 18.04 upgrade 4 times (on a test partition) and each time both were there.
– WinEunuuchs2Unix
May 13 at 14:09
Getting error when trying to use this :/home/ashu# sudo unity-tweak-tool /usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/UnityTweakTool/__init__.py:40: PyGIWarning: Gtk was imported without specifying a version first. Use gi.require_version('Gtk', '3.0') before import to ensure that the right version gets loaded. from gi.repository import Gtk Error: schema com.canonical.notify-osd not installed Gtk-Message: 22:26:09.434: GtkDialog mapped without a transient parent. This is discouraged.
– Ashu
May 13 at 3:27
Getting error when trying to use this :/home/ashu# sudo unity-tweak-tool /usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/UnityTweakTool/__init__.py:40: PyGIWarning: Gtk was imported without specifying a version first. Use gi.require_version('Gtk', '3.0') before import to ensure that the right version gets loaded. from gi.repository import Gtk Error: schema com.canonical.notify-osd not installed Gtk-Message: 22:26:09.434: GtkDialog mapped without a transient parent. This is discouraged.
– Ashu
May 13 at 3:27
1
1
@Ashu Gnome Toolkit (GTK) warning messages unfortunately occur all the time. Unless something is broken and doesn't work you can safely ignore them.
– WinEunuuchs2Unix
May 13 at 3:37
@Ashu Gnome Toolkit (GTK) warning messages unfortunately occur all the time. Unless something is broken and doesn't work you can safely ignore them.
– WinEunuuchs2Unix
May 13 at 3:37
@Ashu To avoid the messages call
unity-tweak-tool from the desktop launcher or dash (Alt + F2) rather than the command line.– WinEunuuchs2Unix
May 13 at 13:25
@Ashu To avoid the messages call
unity-tweak-tool from the desktop launcher or dash (Alt + F2) rather than the command line.– WinEunuuchs2Unix
May 13 at 13:25
Do we have GNome or unity by default in Ubuntu 18.04 LTS?
– Ashu
May 13 at 14:05
Do we have GNome or unity by default in Ubuntu 18.04 LTS?
– Ashu
May 13 at 14:05
@Ashu I think by default they are both there but I've only done 16.04 to 18.04 upgrade 4 times (on a test partition) and each time both were there.
– WinEunuuchs2Unix
May 13 at 14:09
@Ashu I think by default they are both there but I've only done 16.04 to 18.04 upgrade 4 times (on a test partition) and each time both were there.
– WinEunuuchs2Unix
May 13 at 14:09
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You don't need to install third-party tools if you using Unity.
Just go: Unity control center -> Displays -> Scale for menu and title bars
Now you can scale everything to a readable size:
answered May 13 at 1:53
Stackcraft_noob
1607
4
Ahem... Unity itself is a third party tool in Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (it comes with GNOME instead of Unity).
– pomsky
May 13 at 2:02
@pomsky ok!?! I thought its part of the system! But your right Unity is just the default desktop enviroment! I always think defaults are not third party .......
– Stackcraft_noob
May 13 at 2:05
7
It's not the default desktop environment any more, Canonical ditched Unity and switched to GNOME since 17.10.
– pomsky
May 13 at 2:07
@pomsky good to know! Im still on ubuntu 16
– Stackcraft_noob
May 13 at 2:10
@pomsky I think someone said on their installation Unity is the default desktop for those upgrading 16.04 LTS to18.04 LTS. (Long Term Support). The flash in the pan odd numbers (17.04, 17.10, etc) I'm not sure about. It's kind of confusing: Wayland is in, no wait Wayland is out. and more recently: Unity is out, no wait Unity is in again. Anyway I think we can look forward to two answers from now on, one for Gnome and one for Unity if OP doesn't specify a desktop.
– WinEunuuchs2Unix
May 13 at 14:13
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You don't need to install third-party tools if you using Unity.
Just go: Unity control center -> Displays -> Scale for menu and title bars
Now you can scale everything to a readable size:
answered May 13 at 1:53
Stackcraft_noob
1607
4
Ahem... Unity itself is a third party tool in Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (it comes with GNOME instead of Unity).
– pomsky
May 13 at 2:02
@pomsky ok!?! I thought its part of the system! But your right Unity is just the default desktop enviroment! I always think defaults are not third party .......
– Stackcraft_noob
May 13 at 2:05
7
It's not the default desktop environment any more, Canonical ditched Unity and switched to GNOME since 17.10.
– pomsky
May 13 at 2:07
@pomsky good to know! Im still on ubuntu 16
– Stackcraft_noob
May 13 at 2:10
@pomsky I think someone said on their installation Unity is the default desktop for those upgrading 16.04 LTS to18.04 LTS. (Long Term Support). The flash in the pan odd numbers (17.04, 17.10, etc) I'm not sure about. It's kind of confusing: Wayland is in, no wait Wayland is out. and more recently: Unity is out, no wait Unity is in again. Anyway I think we can look forward to two answers from now on, one for Gnome and one for Unity if OP doesn't specify a desktop.
– WinEunuuchs2Unix
May 13 at 14:13
 |Â
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up vote
2
down vote
up vote
2
down vote
You don't need to install third-party tools if you using Unity.
Just go: Unity control center -> Displays -> Scale for menu and title bars
Now you can scale everything to a readable size:
answered May 13 at 1:53
Stackcraft_noob
1607
You don't need to install third-party tools if you using Unity.
Just go: Unity control center -> Displays -> Scale for menu and title bars
Now you can scale everything to a readable size:
answered May 13 at 1:53
Stackcraft_noob
1607
edited May 13 at 2:06
answered May 13 at 1:53
Stackcraft_noob
1607
answered May 13 at 1:53
Stackcraft_noob
1607
answered May 13 at 1:53
Stackcraft_noob
1607
1607
4
Ahem... Unity itself is a third party tool in Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (it comes with GNOME instead of Unity).
– pomsky
May 13 at 2:02
@pomsky ok!?! I thought its part of the system! But your right Unity is just the default desktop enviroment! I always think defaults are not third party .......
– Stackcraft_noob
May 13 at 2:05
7
It's not the default desktop environment any more, Canonical ditched Unity and switched to GNOME since 17.10.
– pomsky
May 13 at 2:07
@pomsky good to know! Im still on ubuntu 16
– Stackcraft_noob
May 13 at 2:10
@pomsky I think someone said on their installation Unity is the default desktop for those upgrading 16.04 LTS to18.04 LTS. (Long Term Support). The flash in the pan odd numbers (17.04, 17.10, etc) I'm not sure about. It's kind of confusing: Wayland is in, no wait Wayland is out. and more recently: Unity is out, no wait Unity is in again. Anyway I think we can look forward to two answers from now on, one for Gnome and one for Unity if OP doesn't specify a desktop.
– WinEunuuchs2Unix
May 13 at 14:13
 |Â
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4
Ahem... Unity itself is a third party tool in Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (it comes with GNOME instead of Unity).
– pomsky
May 13 at 2:02
@pomsky ok!?! I thought its part of the system! But your right Unity is just the default desktop enviroment! I always think defaults are not third party .......
– Stackcraft_noob
May 13 at 2:05
7
It's not the default desktop environment any more, Canonical ditched Unity and switched to GNOME since 17.10.
– pomsky
May 13 at 2:07
@pomsky good to know! Im still on ubuntu 16
– Stackcraft_noob
May 13 at 2:10
@pomsky I think someone said on their installation Unity is the default desktop for those upgrading 16.04 LTS to18.04 LTS. (Long Term Support). The flash in the pan odd numbers (17.04, 17.10, etc) I'm not sure about. It's kind of confusing: Wayland is in, no wait Wayland is out. and more recently: Unity is out, no wait Unity is in again. Anyway I think we can look forward to two answers from now on, one for Gnome and one for Unity if OP doesn't specify a desktop.
– WinEunuuchs2Unix
May 13 at 14:13
4
4
Ahem... Unity itself is a third party tool in Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (it comes with GNOME instead of Unity).
– pomsky
May 13 at 2:02
Ahem... Unity itself is a third party tool in Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (it comes with GNOME instead of Unity).
– pomsky
May 13 at 2:02
@pomsky ok!?! I thought its part of the system! But your right Unity is just the default desktop enviroment! I always think defaults are not third party .......
– Stackcraft_noob
May 13 at 2:05
@pomsky ok!?! I thought its part of the system! But your right Unity is just the default desktop enviroment! I always think defaults are not third party .......
– Stackcraft_noob
May 13 at 2:05
7
7
It's not the default desktop environment any more, Canonical ditched Unity and switched to GNOME since 17.10.
– pomsky
May 13 at 2:07
It's not the default desktop environment any more, Canonical ditched Unity and switched to GNOME since 17.10.
– pomsky
May 13 at 2:07
@pomsky good to know! Im still on ubuntu 16
– Stackcraft_noob
May 13 at 2:10
@pomsky good to know! Im still on ubuntu 16
– Stackcraft_noob
May 13 at 2:10
@pomsky I think someone said on their installation Unity is the default desktop for those upgrading 16.04 LTS to18.04 LTS. (Long Term Support). The flash in the pan odd numbers (17.04, 17.10, etc) I'm not sure about. It's kind of confusing: Wayland is in, no wait Wayland is out. and more recently: Unity is out, no wait Unity is in again. Anyway I think we can look forward to two answers from now on, one for Gnome and one for Unity if OP doesn't specify a desktop.
– WinEunuuchs2Unix
May 13 at 14:13
@pomsky I think someone said on their installation Unity is the default desktop for those upgrading 16.04 LTS to18.04 LTS. (Long Term Support). The flash in the pan odd numbers (17.04, 17.10, etc) I'm not sure about. It's kind of confusing: Wayland is in, no wait Wayland is out. and more recently: Unity is out, no wait Unity is in again. Anyway I think we can look forward to two answers from now on, one for Gnome and one for Unity if OP doesn't specify a desktop.
– WinEunuuchs2Unix
May 13 at 14:13
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This helped me when I upgraded from 16.04 lts to 18.04 lts:
- open system settings
- select universal access
- turn on large text
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In addition to this, you could change the scaling, System Settings->Devices->Displays and change the scaling to 200%
– Bernard Wei
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This helped me when I upgraded from 16.04 lts to 18.04 lts:
- open system settings
- select universal access
- turn on large text
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In addition to this, you could change the scaling, System Settings->Devices->Displays and change the scaling to 200%
– Bernard Wei
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This helped me when I upgraded from 16.04 lts to 18.04 lts:
- open system settings
- select universal access
- turn on large text
edited yesterday
abu_bua
2,0881720
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This helped me when I upgraded from 16.04 lts to 18.04 lts:
- open system settings
- select universal access
- turn on large text
edited yesterday
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2,0881720
answered yesterday
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edited yesterday
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In addition to this, you could change the scaling, System Settings->Devices->Displays and change the scaling to 200%
– Bernard Wei
20 hours ago
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In addition to this, you could change the scaling, System Settings->Devices->Displays and change the scaling to 200%
– Bernard Wei
20 hours ago
In addition to this, you could change the scaling, System Settings->Devices->Displays and change the scaling to 200%
– Bernard Wei
20 hours ago
In addition to this, you could change the scaling, System Settings->Devices->Displays and change the scaling to 200%
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You can tell Ubuntu to scale its display elements in settings.
– Thorbjørn Ravn Andersen
May 13 at 11:49
Please tell me the steps in terms of how??
– Ashu
May 13 at 14:08
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I believe @ThorbjørnRavnAndersen is referring to bottom answer here of using
Settings->Displays.– WinEunuuchs2Unix
May 13 at 14:17