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0 pointsnycticorax6y ago0 comments

I find it so strange that most people still talk about their monitors' resolution in terms of pixel counts. Oh, you have a 4k monitor? Well, if that's a 43" 16:9 4k monitor, then that's pretty close to 100 dpi, so you basically have a big-ass traditional ("lodpi") monitor. Whereas if it's a 24" monitor, then it's a smallish hidpi screen. Rather than pixel counts, I find it much more helpful if you tell me the size in inches and the DPI.

This is related to one reason why I'm not so crazy about 4k: At most of the usual screen sizes, they occupy an unpleasant middle ground between a traditional screen (~100 dpi) and a 2x hidpi/retina screen (~200 dpi).

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g-b-r6y ago

All 3 values count, beyond a certain dpi pixels count much less, but before they count a lot (they are the "shelves" for your characters and everything else, given that sub-pixel simulation is very poor).

Unfortunately most monitors around are still at a limited 1920x1080 or less.

For people with poor vision big size counts a lot, good vision small might be better, etc...

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