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Hard to read text on hiDPI displays #1065

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Pixelorama version:

1.0 (AUR)

OS/device including version:

Arch Linux 64bit, kernel 6.6.41-lts
NVIDIA GeForce GT 750M (Mac Edition)
nvidia-dkms-390xx-12 (from AUR)

Issue description:

I finally upgraded to Pixelorama 1.0, imagining that something great would come. Little did I know that for me (on my Mac's retina display) that it would be anything but great. Compared to 0.11.4, in menus and popups, text looks distorted and is hard to read. Inside of 0.11.4, everything scales perfectly. It seems as if it uses a different method to scale it -- possibly like a bitmap font. This is a massive usability issue

Steps to reproduce:

  1. Install Pixelorama 1.0
  2. Go to the settings and set the display scale to anything but 100%
  3. Observe the damage

Screenshots:

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Menus at 150% scale

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Startup dialogue font is clearly distorted (150% scale)

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Everything is fine (like how 0.11.4 was)

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Startup dialogue looks like how it should

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Everything scales perfectly

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My Mac's Retina Display and Pixelorama 0.11.4 both peacefully coexisting

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