Chrome looks blurry and ugly on HIDPI laptop
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I have a laptop with a 1920 x 1080 display and my problem is that Google Chrome and even Chromium looks blurry and not as clear as in Windows and it drives me nuts. It is a HIDPI display so I added --force-device-scale-factor=1.2 to chrome-flags.conf to solve the problem of the UI being so small that I could barely use the browsers, I don't know if that setting has to do anything with my problem but I think I should mention it. I use Kubuntu 17.10.1.
EDIT: Here are two screenshots of my desktop.
The first is the unscaled default look of the chromium browser.
The second is the scaled version, it is very blurry compared to windows, which has a sharp looking font.
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I have a laptop with a 1920 x 1080 display and my problem is that Google Chrome and even Chromium looks blurry and not as clear as in Windows and it drives me nuts. It is a HIDPI display so I added --force-device-scale-factor=1.2 to chrome-flags.conf to solve the problem of the UI being so small that I could barely use the browsers, I don't know if that setting has to do anything with my problem but I think I should mention it. I use Kubuntu 17.10.1.
EDIT: Here are two screenshots of my desktop.
The first is the unscaled default look of the chromium browser.
The second is the scaled version, it is very blurry compared to windows, which has a sharp looking font.
google-chrome display kde display-resolution hdpi
edited Feb 1 at 12:56
dobey
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asked Jan 31 at 18:32
Paralyz3d
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Yes, the 120% scaling is why images and such look blurry on web sites, for you. They are raster images and being scaled. What physical size is the screen? 12.6"? 15.6"? 5.5"?
– dobey
Jan 31 at 18:45
The laptop's size is 15.6". The browser itself looks blurry and even the fonts, not only the images. If I set the scaling back to normal everything looks small.
– Paralyz3d
Jan 31 at 18:59
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OK. That is not really a HiDPI screen though. Could you perhaps edit your question and include a screenshot?
– dobey
Jan 31 at 22:18
I added the screenshots to my question.
– Paralyz3d
Feb 1 at 11:35
1920x1080 is not HiDPI, it's a good quality screen, but the 1x version looks just fine. There is no need to scale it.
– Andrea Lazzarotto
Feb 1 at 13:29
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I have a laptop with a 1920 x 1080 display and my problem is that Google Chrome and even Chromium looks blurry and not as clear as in Windows and it drives me nuts. It is a HIDPI display so I added --force-device-scale-factor=1.2 to chrome-flags.conf to solve the problem of the UI being so small that I could barely use the browsers, I don't know if that setting has to do anything with my problem but I think I should mention it. I use Kubuntu 17.10.1.
EDIT: Here are two screenshots of my desktop.
The first is the unscaled default look of the chromium browser.
The second is the scaled version, it is very blurry compared to windows, which has a sharp looking font.
google-chrome display kde display-resolution hdpi
edited Feb 1 at 12:56
dobey
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asked Jan 31 at 18:32
Paralyz3d
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I have a laptop with a 1920 x 1080 display and my problem is that Google Chrome and even Chromium looks blurry and not as clear as in Windows and it drives me nuts. It is a HIDPI display so I added --force-device-scale-factor=1.2 to chrome-flags.conf to solve the problem of the UI being so small that I could barely use the browsers, I don't know if that setting has to do anything with my problem but I think I should mention it. I use Kubuntu 17.10.1.
EDIT: Here are two screenshots of my desktop.
The first is the unscaled default look of the chromium browser.
The second is the scaled version, it is very blurry compared to windows, which has a sharp looking font.
google-chrome display kde display-resolution hdpi
google-chrome display kde display-resolution hdpi
edited Feb 1 at 12:56
dobey
32k33585
asked Jan 31 at 18:32
Paralyz3d
4114
edited Feb 1 at 12:56
dobey
32k33585
asked Jan 31 at 18:32
Paralyz3d
4114
edited Feb 1 at 12:56
dobey
32k33585
edited Feb 1 at 12:56
dobey
32k33585
edited Feb 1 at 12:56
dobey
32k33585
32k33585
asked Jan 31 at 18:32
Paralyz3d
4114
asked Jan 31 at 18:32
Paralyz3d
4114
asked Jan 31 at 18:32
Paralyz3d
4114
4114
Yes, the 120% scaling is why images and such look blurry on web sites, for you. They are raster images and being scaled. What physical size is the screen? 12.6"? 15.6"? 5.5"?
– dobey
Jan 31 at 18:45
The laptop's size is 15.6". The browser itself looks blurry and even the fonts, not only the images. If I set the scaling back to normal everything looks small.
– Paralyz3d
Jan 31 at 18:59
1
OK. That is not really a HiDPI screen though. Could you perhaps edit your question and include a screenshot?
– dobey
Jan 31 at 22:18
I added the screenshots to my question.
– Paralyz3d
Feb 1 at 11:35
1920x1080 is not HiDPI, it's a good quality screen, but the 1x version looks just fine. There is no need to scale it.
– Andrea Lazzarotto
Feb 1 at 13:29
 |Â
show 2 more comments
Yes, the 120% scaling is why images and such look blurry on web sites, for you. They are raster images and being scaled. What physical size is the screen? 12.6"? 15.6"? 5.5"?
– dobey
Jan 31 at 18:45
The laptop's size is 15.6". The browser itself looks blurry and even the fonts, not only the images. If I set the scaling back to normal everything looks small.
– Paralyz3d
Jan 31 at 18:59
1
OK. That is not really a HiDPI screen though. Could you perhaps edit your question and include a screenshot?
– dobey
Jan 31 at 22:18
I added the screenshots to my question.
– Paralyz3d
Feb 1 at 11:35
1920x1080 is not HiDPI, it's a good quality screen, but the 1x version looks just fine. There is no need to scale it.
– Andrea Lazzarotto
Feb 1 at 13:29
Yes, the 120% scaling is why images and such look blurry on web sites, for you. They are raster images and being scaled. What physical size is the screen? 12.6"? 15.6"? 5.5"?
– dobey
Jan 31 at 18:45
Yes, the 120% scaling is why images and such look blurry on web sites, for you. They are raster images and being scaled. What physical size is the screen? 12.6"? 15.6"? 5.5"?
– dobey
Jan 31 at 18:45
The laptop's size is 15.6". The browser itself looks blurry and even the fonts, not only the images. If I set the scaling back to normal everything looks small.
– Paralyz3d
Jan 31 at 18:59
The laptop's size is 15.6". The browser itself looks blurry and even the fonts, not only the images. If I set the scaling back to normal everything looks small.
– Paralyz3d
Jan 31 at 18:59
1
1
OK. That is not really a HiDPI screen though. Could you perhaps edit your question and include a screenshot?
– dobey
Jan 31 at 22:18
OK. That is not really a HiDPI screen though. Could you perhaps edit your question and include a screenshot?
– dobey
Jan 31 at 22:18
I added the screenshots to my question.
– Paralyz3d
Feb 1 at 11:35
I added the screenshots to my question.
– Paralyz3d
Feb 1 at 11:35
1920x1080 is not HiDPI, it's a good quality screen, but the 1x version looks just fine. There is no need to scale it.
– Andrea Lazzarotto
Feb 1 at 13:29
1920x1080 is not HiDPI, it's a good quality screen, but the 1x version looks just fine. There is no need to scale it.
– Andrea Lazzarotto
Feb 1 at 13:29
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Yes, the 120% scaling is why images and such look blurry on web sites, for you. They are raster images and being scaled. What physical size is the screen? 12.6"? 15.6"? 5.5"?
– dobey
Jan 31 at 18:45
The laptop's size is 15.6". The browser itself looks blurry and even the fonts, not only the images. If I set the scaling back to normal everything looks small.
– Paralyz3d
Jan 31 at 18:59
1
OK. That is not really a HiDPI screen though. Could you perhaps edit your question and include a screenshot?
– dobey
Jan 31 at 22:18
I added the screenshots to my question.
– Paralyz3d
Feb 1 at 11:35
1920x1080 is not HiDPI, it's a good quality screen, but the 1x version looks just fine. There is no need to scale it.
– Andrea Lazzarotto
Feb 1 at 13:29