Is there a way to make the font sharper in PhpStorm?
Solutions online suggest going to "Compatibility" and choosing "Disable DPI scaling on high DPI settings". I don't see that option in my version (2019.3)
It's not a huge difference but it's definitely noticeable after a while. I changed font to Menlo (same as in Sublime, but it didn't help)
Attaching a screenshot of how PhpsSorm shows text (on the left) vs Sublime Text editor (on the right):
As per support should use "greyscale" instead "subpixel" (see the screenshot below). This fixed the issue for me. Super sharp now.
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I cam across this problem when i started to design websites, they look zoomed in in chrome and edge, but it is okay in firefox.
The same websites looks perfect in my friends chrome browser. So, I must have some config settings inaccurate.
Here are some snapshots--
Look in Firefox--
Look in Chrome--
Look in Edge--
Here is another example--
Look in chrome--
Look in firefox--
here is my display settings--
I am nt able to fgure out how to fix this, Please guide me how to resolve this issue.
Link to my github repo-- Github repo link for calculator
I did not find path in while creating shorcuts as stated in one of the comments--
This comment by #Deepak-MSFT fixed the issue. Votes to him on this.
Try to create a Shortcut for MS Edge and Google Chrome browser. Right-click on it and click on Properties. Go to the Shortcut tab. In the Target, field add /high-dpi-support=1 /force-device-scale-factor=1 after the path. Separate path and parameter with single space. Click on Apply and Close. Launch the browser from the shortcut and see whether it fix this issue or not.
The value of the field should be something like:
"C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe" --disable-frame-rate-limit /high-dpi-support=1 /force-device-scale-factor=1
Also work if Chrome is launched from the "Run dialog" as:
chrome /high-dpi-support=1 /force-device-scale-factor=1
Had the same problem as you with default font size difference between Chrome and Firefox browsers and it is beacause I increased the font size in Windows 10, looks like Chrome interprets this like a general zoom increase because even the browser look is bigger now, not only the text as I intended.
Seems like a bug on Chrome side, as Firefox behaves normal and increases only the text as set in Windows.
Check the Windows font size in Settings / Ease of access / Display / Make text bigger section - there's a slider there.
My current fix is to set the default general zoom level in Chrome settings to 80%, which is a little smaller than Firefox but acceptable, probably 85% would have been perfect but I cannot set custom values.
On Windows, and to a certain degree also on Mac OS, with different browsers (Firefox, Chrome, Safari), our menu bar has rather pixelated/blurry font-rendering. This is on an ASP.NET Core 2.1 site that uses Bootstrap 4.1.3 but it's easy enough to reproduce with just simple HTML: https://jsfiddle.net/2tgc9r84/
<html>
<body style="background-color:#e72c87;">
<p style="font-size:20pt;">
This is some text that looks terrible.
</p>
</body>
</html>
Interestingly, the same font renders just fine in other areas of the site. I have noticed this on a 4K monitor that has 150% scaling activated but the issue also shows up with 100%. I have also tried this with different fonts, so apparently it's not an issue with the font, either.
Originally I thought this was an issue with transparency or transformations but finally, I tried simply changing the background color - and it turns out this blurriness is very obvious with red and dark blue (and of course, combinations of those, like magenta), and pretty much invisible with most other colors. Also, by changing the main background color, I can reproduce the issue for the other areas.
You can directly have a look at the site where this occurs here: https://beat-the-rhythm-vr.com/Home/Social (the navigation with the blurry text shows up after accepting the cookies).
Here's an image that shows the effect with different backgrounds, and also rendered on Mac OS (the Mac OS screenshots appear smaller in the image):
As far as I can tell, this does not happen at all on iOS. On the Mac, I don't quite see the issue on the screen but it does become obvious when making a screenshot. This could, however, also be an artifact due to scaling on the screenshot.
This is what it looks like on iOS (I get the same blurriness on Windows when making the Window small enough to get the same layout as on mobile, so that's also not the issue causing this / fixing this):
The obvious question: Is there any way to fix this, and if so, how?
EDIT: This is in addition to the comment on Porter's answer (I can't add screenshots in comments, so I'm posting this here):
EDIT 2: While this article is about a slightly different issue, my guess is that what I'm seeing is really just a limitation of ClearType that is related to what the article outlines: Color-aware ClearType requires access to fixed background pixels, which is a problem if you don't know what the background pixels are, or if they aren't fixed
ClearType apparently doesn't work when the background color isn't known, and from what I'm seeing, it seems to be designed primarily for black text on white backgrounds, also works well with light colors on dark backgrounds but not really so much for red/blue/magenta backgrounds (and any font-color).
I am unable to reproduce this on a 1080p or 4K display, with either mobile or web view on Firefox and Chrome. Fonts do tend to blend with the background color, so not every pixel of the font is going to be the same color; It'll blend on the edges. The smaller the font, the less pixels it has to work with for blending. If you use a larger font, does the same problem occur?
I'm normally develop on hi-dpi machines (a Macbook Pro, 2018 MBA, iPhone, Pixel 2 XL). Often I'm styling something or drawing a diagram and I need to know how it's going to look when displayed on a low-dpi machine (pre 2018 Macbook Air, majority of PCs, etc...)
I tried using Chrome's devtools device emulation and it let's you set a devicePixelRatio but it's still actually rendering text and SVGs and styles in hd-dpi. (Not really sure what that setting is doing. I made to custom settings, one 1280x780 dpi = 2, and another 1280x780 dpi = 1 and switching between them changes nothing. My guess is it only changes what "windows.devicePixelRatio" and maybe what images load if using srcset and css media queries.
Is there a way to simulate low-dpi in Firefox or Chrome? Basically to get the browser to render at 1/2 the resolution and then expand with nearest neighbor filtering. I realize it will not be a perfect representation but my hope is it's good enough to check that thin lines in a diagram for example are still readable.
Well I figured out one way, at least on Mac.
Turn on OS Zoom in Settings under Accessibility
Be sure to uncheck "Smooth images". Then in Chrome or Firefox set the zoom level to 50% and turn on the OS level zoom Option+⌘+8
This does a pretty good job of looking like a low-dpi display.
So I was using Chrome and IE together when all of a sudden Chrome decides to change its zoom level not only for the webpage, but the entire browser. I'm not sure if it happened when I restarted Chrome or if it happened when I decided to bring it to the front. So basically, all menu items, logos, icons, absolutely everything appears to have been zoomed in slightly. I have restored to original settings, disabled extensions (I don't use any extensions anyways), uninstalled and reinstalled, and nothing.
I've used the DPI settings in the properties of the Chrome application and nothing changes it. I've changed scaling in Windows and nothing helps.
Everything is larger in Chrome now and it's driving me crazy. Many menu items won't appear fully because of this. Note that this isn't just at the webpage level but at the entire browser level. I've included some images so you can compare. If you look at the youtube homepage, you'll see that everything is larger in Chrome than it is in Internet Explorer.
Scratch that apparently I need reputation in order to post pictures, ugh. If I can get 10 rep soon I'll post some pics.
I'm sorry if my description is rather vague but this isn't something I could search up. No other programs (including IE) are having this issue. THanks very much in advance if anyone can help. This is just driving me crazy.
No, Ctrl + 0 obviously does not work. This is an issue with the program as the entire program looks zoomed in. Everything, not just the webpage.
Found a "quick fix" solution from post #38 here:
Right click on the Chrome link on your desktop
Choose Properties and then add " /high-dpi-support=1 /force-device-scale-factor=1" to the existing Link to your path to chrome.exe.
Hope this works permanently. What a hassle.
If you're experiencing a "zoomed in" browser it's because you have an updated version of Chrome. Chrome and FireFox now adjusts the page zoom level according to your Windows settings to better support high DPI displays. For example, if Windows is set to 125% font size (120dpi), the content area will be zoomed by 25%. This is usually the default setting on your computer.
This means that your updated Chrome and/or FireFox browser will automatically set websites to 125%, and all other browsers remain at 100%.
What are possible solutions?
As of this writing, their isn't a known method of fixing this from a web coding standpoint, due to that it's created from the inner workings of the browser. That being said, their are still some things you can do from the "users" side to fix this:
The quickest way around this is to open up your browser and press on your keyboard "ctrl -" (control minus) twice. This will set your website content to 75%, which would be equivalent to 100% in all other browsers (but this will just fix the website content).
You can set your computers font-size settings in your control panel to "100%". This will make all of your computer fonts smaller.
I'm sure their is a better answer to this, but for now these are the 2 options that I'm seeing. In FireFox version 22 they also added this feature (as mentioned above), you can see the work around for FireFox here: https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/962979
I'm sure a similar solution also exist with Chrome.
You can change your windows default zoom to 100% in display settings and make everything almost unreadable, or (a better way)
You can add a start parameter to your chrome shortcut:
"your-chrome-dir\chrome.exe" /high-dpi-support=1 /force-device-scale-factor=1
I know, it's too late, but just in case someone else has this problem...
My Chrome Packaged App has 3 icon sizes for the moment: 16x16, 48x48 and 128x128. But I haven't find any information about a 256x256 icon for retina displays like Chromebook Pixel or rMBP.
I haven't these computers so I cannot test, did someone know if Chrome use a big icon format when you launch a Chrome Packaged App on a high-resolution display?
Thanks for your help.
If you put a 256x256 icon in your manifest, Chrome will make use of it wherever necessary. When Chrome creates icons for the app in the operating system's menu, it will store the full resolution icon, so it will be up to the operating system to decide when to use them.
To the best of my knowledge:
On Windows, you will hardly ever see it, but if you create a Desktop icon, then set the Desktop to show "Extra Large" icons, you will see it. (I don't know why anyone would ever do that.)
On Mac, the dock can be set to show a large icon when the user mouses over, and on a retina display it probably uses the 256x256 icon (but I haven't tested this).
On a Chromebook, I don't think the icons are ever shown big enough that the 256x256 icon would be useful, even on a high-res display. However, this may change in the future, so it is always good to supply an icon in as high resolution as possible.
So in summary, it is worthwhile making a 256x256 icon if it's not too much trouble, because it will be used in some situations. But an ordinary user will probably not see it very often.