Re: F25 workstation, and (almost) hidpi displays

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On Fri, Oct 21, 2016 at 1:41 PM, Adam Williamson
<adamwill@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Fri, 2016-10-21 at 12:44 -0600, Chris Murphy wrote:
>> HP Spectre 13" 1920x1080 and all text everywhere by default is just on
>> the cusp of too small. I don't think this is really a hidpi display,
>> so I'd expect this problem to be much worse if it were 3200x1800.
>
> Actually, no, it'd be better. hidpi support goes in integers. I don't
> think any display in the world actually triggers 3x hidpi yet, so
> practically speaking, it's either on or it's off.
>
> The cutoff for 2x hidpi is 192dpi: if your screen is above 192dpi
> you'll get 2x hidpi, if it isn't, you won't. Now to the math!
>
> 1920x1080 at 13" is 169.45dpi, so you don't get hidpi.
> 3200x1800 at 13" is 282.42dpi, so you *do* get hidpi.

I see. So it's binary handling, with a cutoff, rather than as a continuum.


-- 
Chris Murphy
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