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July 24, 2011
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P: Support scalable user interface UI for high resolution monitors

  • July 24, 2011
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I'm using a high resolution monitor(2560x1600). As a result, all the the toolbar fonts and menu fonts are small and hard to see. I do not want to lower the screen resolution as this would defeat the purpose of this monitor.. Will the new CS6 have the ability to increase font sizes to accommidate Hi-Res monitors?

Thanks

Ron Acevedo

886 replies

Inspiring
September 12, 2014
1080 displays are already handled with the 200% UI scaling - it was specifically designed with the surface pro systems in mind. But more general UI scaling for odd sized displays, or those with vision problems, is what we are still working with Microsoft to solve.
funkotronic13
Participating Frequently
September 12, 2014
Chris, with a strict reading of your answer, I will agree that your statement is accurate, and I wish people would see and understand that this is an issue with the way PS handles a WINDOWS function, and is not entirely a Adobe problem, so thanks for your patience in re-stating your answer time after time, I'm sure it's a bit maddening. However, this solution ONLY applies to those using hi-density displays. For those of us still rockin' last week's 1080p displays, the UI font size is still miniscule in comparison to all the other CC14 apps. And, FYI, this is **with** the UI_SCALE_FACTOR environment variable set at 1.26, a hatchet fix that **NO** end user should ever need apply just to make a product more usable.
funkotronic13
Participating Frequently
September 12, 2014
Chris, with a strict reading of your answer, I will agree that your statement is accurate, and I wish people would see and understand that this is an issue with the way PS handles a WINDOWS function, and is not entirely a Adobe problem, so thanks for your patience in re-stating your answer time after time, I'm sure it's a bit maddening. However, this solution ONLY applies to those using hi-density displays. For those of us still rockin' last week's 1080p displays, the UI font size is still miniscule in comparison to all the other CC14 apps. Since I cannot attach pix to replies, I will duplicate this comment in the main body, along with the relevant image.
Inspiring
September 12, 2014
We can't say. A lot of it depends on working out the issues in the Windows UI scaling code - which we don't control.
Inspiring
September 12, 2014
How long do you think that solving this problem will take?
Inspiring
September 12, 2014
Please read the previous comments in this topic. We have been working with MIcrosoft to resolve the OS issues for quite some time. And Photoshop CC 2014 does solve the most common issues by allowing 200% UI scaling for high res displays. We are continuing to work with Microsoft to make the Windows UI scaling more flexible in the future.
Participating Frequently
September 12, 2014
This bug was reported over three years ago.
2010, CS4 bug reported, adobe promised to fix it.
2011, CS5 bug reported, adobe promised to fix it.
2012, CS6 bug reported, adobe promised to fix it.
2014, CC update, Adobe doesn't fix it and reneges on it's lackluster support of the last 4 years refusing to fix a problem users had paid for over the last 4 years.
Inspiring
September 12, 2014
Again, this is already addressed in Photoshop CC 2014 (2 versions newer than what you have).
Inspiring
September 12, 2014
My mistake - the version is:

Adobe Photoshop Version: 13.0.1 (13.0.1.3 20131024.r.34 2013/10/24:21:00:00) x64

So, are there any plans to provide a fix for this? Because without a fix, I can't see how Adobe can say their product is fit for purpose...
Inspiring
September 11, 2014
There is no such version of Photoshop.

But new features like this go into the current version of Photoshop, and will not appear in older versions.