Is there a way to make the raspberry pi screen not be so zoomed in when I use for example the welcome screen? I have the official screen and the pi 3
Do you mean change the font depth so everything is no longer scaled?
- System → Preferences → Look & Feel → Appearance
- “Fonts” tab
- “Details…” button
- Change the font resolution (dots per inch)
The default is 96 DPI. Welcome needs to be restarted to see it not zoomed in.
I dont see a details tab. Here is what for example welcome looks like on the official 7 inch screen.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1x3He_V0zEQDsGl_jUSkDB7wQz_kzsxki3Q/view?usp=drivesdk
Pic of no details tab
Ah, I see. The screen resolution seems to be low as it’s a small screen.
In which case, try increasing the screen resolution first if the monitor supports it - it’s under System → Preferences → Hardware → Monitors.
Because the window is larger then the screen, the “Details…” button was chopped off at the bottom.
Here is setting I can’t make any changes.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BxbcZNbmYKFKdUdVZnVBOGc5SlU/view?usp=drivesdk
Looking at some details about the official Raspberry Pi screen, this seems to be a limitation of the display for technical reasons.
However, there is a trick you can do to nudge the window so you can change the font DPI, which may be your only hope:
Some windows in X are cut off at the side/bottom of the screen?
This is unfortunately a side-effect of many developers assuming a minimum screen resolution of 1024x768 pixels. You can usually reveal hidden buttons and fields by;
- right clicking on the edge or top of the window,
- picking “move”
- using the up arrow key to nudge the window up off the top of the screen