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  • 1.  Font is huge

    Posted Fri July 07, 2023 06:06 PM

    I installed 9.8 and everything is good, but the font in all the windows and icons are huge. The menu bar font is normal. Do you know where I can reduce the font size?



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    Patrick Conner
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  • 2.  RE: Font is huge

    Posted Fri July 07, 2023 06:13 PM

    After posting the message above I dragged RDi 9.8 to my laptop display and the font appears to be normal. The font and icons appear kindergartenish on my external monitor only. Is this a Windows setting for the application that I'm dealing with? 
    RDi 9.6 didn't appear this way. 
    Thanks in advance for any help.



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    Patrick Conner
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    Original Message


  • 3.  RE: Font is huge

    Posted Mon July 24, 2023 09:33 AM

    Hi Patrick,


    I have also noticed this odd behavior. In my case, I was replicating my laptop to my 3rd monitor. And when I moved RDi to my 3rd monitor it would distort the font.

    My solution was to no longer mirror, but use my laptop as a 4th monitor.

    Hope this helps, and if not please contact IBM support so we can look deeper into your issue.

    https://www.ibm.com/mysupport/s/topic/0TO0z0000006uu7GAA/rational-developer?language=en_US&productId=01t0z000007g71QAAQ



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    Steve Ferrell
    Principal Software Engineer Lead
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    Original Message


  • 4.  RE: Font is huge

    Posted Mon July 31, 2023 04:23 PM

    Opened case TS013765498



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    Patrick Conner
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    Original Message


  • 5.  RE: Font is huge
    Best Answer

    Posted Tue August 01, 2023 08:33 AM

    Response to the ticket

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    This is Mike Hockings from the RDI technical support team.

    There are a couple of ways that you might address this behaviour.  One way is to. follow these steps:

    close RDI

    right click on RDI icon

    select properties

    select compatibility

    check "DPI scaling" option

    select "System (extended)"


    Alternatively, you can try this:


    Close RDi, set the external display as the Main display, then start RDi. Text and controls won't appear enlarged on the external display; they should be now what you expect.

    Let me know what works for you.

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    I used the first set of instructions with a small variation. Here is my response to the ticket:

    The options were a little different, but it worked out. Once I got to the compatibility tab I clicked the "Change high DPI settings" button. Then I checked the box for "Override high DPI scaling behavior. Scaling performed by:" Then I chose "System (Enhanced)"



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    Patrick Conner
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    Original Message


  • 6.  RE: Font is huge

    Posted Thu September 19, 2024 11:50 AM

    Very good Mike and Patrick, the variation worked for me, very grateful



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    Jeremy Hogan
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    Original Message


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