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Noahnder
Noahnder

Reputation: 425

Fonts are blurry / big in Android Studio

is there any way I can change the resolution of Android Studio? I looked in Settings->Appearance but it seems like there is no official way to change it. I have a 1920x1080 Display and the whole window and text looks a little bit blurry. I am running a Windows machine on Windows 8.1. Thanks!

Upvotes: 27

Views: 23658

Answers (5)

Saurabh Padwekar
Saurabh Padwekar

Reputation: 4064

  1. Right click on your android studio icon. Go to : Properties -> Compatibility.

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  1. Check the "Override high DPI scaling behaviour" option also select "Application" for "Scaling performed by" from the drop down menu.

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  1. Press apply and restart your android studio.

Upvotes: 26

estebanuri
estebanuri

Reputation: 948

I am using Windows 10 and I am facing the same problem.

I know, I know ... why not to switch to Linux? So this won't be a problem..., but the fact is that my company gave me this notebook with Windows :/ and I've been too lazy to format and reinstall OS.

In my case the problem occurs because sometimes I use an external monitor, and sometimes I don't.

When I use the external monitor, the sources are very blurry.

In my case, what worked was

  1. Right click on Studio icon \ Right click on "Android studio" item menu \ Properties

  2. Compatibility \ Change Settings for all users

And now, when using external monitor

  1. Check "Run in Compatibility with... Windows 8", and click on Change high DPI settings

  1. Check "Override High DPI with... system"

Hope it helps.

Upvotes: 10

Ivo
Ivo

Reputation: 416

Modify the font size in the "File > Settings..." screen on Windows

Font size in Android studio

Upvotes: 7

Xan
Xan

Reputation: 77482

You need to set a compatibility option "Disable display scaling on high DPI settings" for the application.

Right-click the taskbar button, then right-click the app name, select Properties, Compatibility. Set the option, save changes, restart Studio.

Those instructions are for a Win7 machine, but Win8.1 should behave the same.

To explain what is happening: apparently, the Studio is not "high DPI aware", i.e. does not declare "I know how to handle myself on a high-DPI screen", and Windows tries to scale the window so that its elements do not get too tiny.

You can override this on an app-by-app basis, but be prepared for possible glitches / tiny UI elements.

Upvotes: 58

raisedandglazed
raisedandglazed

Reputation: 824

Try changing your PC's theme to Windows 7 Basic. Control Panel>Change Theme. Set it to Windows 7 Basic (should be under the "Basic and High Contrast Themes" header) and see if that fixes it. You may need to restart Android Studio to have the changes take affect. I had this issue too and it bugged the crap out of me and somehow I figured it out. Hope this helps!

Upvotes: 0

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