# Text too small to read / see (Ubuntu)

**URL:** <https://bisq.community/t/text-too-small-to-read-see-ubuntu/9629>\
**Category:** Uncategorized\
**Created:** [July 9, 2020, 5:26pm UTC](https://bisq.community/t/text-too-small-to-read-see-ubuntu/9629 "2020-07-09T17:26:37Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 7\
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**Author:** ![Ross](https://bisq.community/letter_avatar/ross/32/6_22734026db12803ebb3e059622ac3534.png) [@Ross](https://bisq.community/u/Ross)\
**Post date:** [July 9, 2020, 5:26pm UTC](https://bisq.community/t/text-too-small-to-read-see-ubuntu/9629/1 "2020-07-09T17:26:37Z")

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I am trying to use bisq on ubuntu. I have 4k monitors with a thunderbolt doc. The problem is the bisq program is not scaling size and the text is soooo small I can’t read it. Is there anything I can do to make it bigger? It looks fine when I am just using the laptop screen but not when docked.

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**Author:** ![Bayernator](https://bisq.community/user_avatar/bisq.community/bayernator/32/2515_2.png) [@Bayernator](https://bisq.community/u/Bayernator)\
**Post date:** [July 10, 2020, 3:33pm UTC](https://bisq.community/t/text-too-small-to-read-see-ubuntu/9629/2 "2020-07-10T15:33:07Z")

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Hmmm, good question. It looks fine on my 2k monitor. I can’t think of anything you can change within the BISQ settings that would help with that. Perhaps someone else will chime in with an idea!

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**Author:** ![MnM](https://bisq.community/user_avatar/bisq.community/mnm/32/257_2.png) [@MnM](https://bisq.community/u/MnM)\
**Post date:** [July 11, 2020, 9:30am UTC](https://bisq.community/t/text-too-small-to-read-see-ubuntu/9629/3 "2020-07-11T09:30:15Z")

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This issue about small font was discussed at Keybase, and that’s the points given. Maybe they help:

> <https://stackoverflow.com/questions/26182460/javafx-8-hidpi-support>

Wiz: to make bisq 2x i use `GDK_SCALE=2`

Updating java could help too.

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**Author:** ![Ross](https://bisq.community/letter_avatar/ross/32/6_22734026db12803ebb3e059622ac3534.png) [@Ross](https://bisq.community/u/Ross)\
**Post date:** [July 24, 2020, 11:58pm UTC](https://bisq.community/t/text-too-small-to-read-see-ubuntu/9629/4 "2020-07-24T23:58:38Z")

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I am a pretty basic / new Linux user. I ran both of these below in the command line, closed bisq and restarted. That did the trick! Thank you!

gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.interface scaling-factor 2  
export gdk\_scale=2

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**Author:** ![MnM](https://bisq.community/user_avatar/bisq.community/mnm/32/257_2.png) [@MnM](https://bisq.community/u/MnM)\
**Post date:** [July 25, 2020, 8:59am UTC](https://bisq.community/t/text-too-small-to-read-see-ubuntu/9629/5 "2020-07-25T08:59:07Z")

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Sincerely, that would be me typing that into the terminal.

![noidea](https://bisq.community/uploads/default/original/2X/e/e1af0921d0edc1781e442456e652828f39f990d8.gif)

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**Author:** ![tondedon](https://bisq.community/letter_avatar/tondedon/32/6_22734026db12803ebb3e059622ac3534.png) [@tondedon](https://bisq.community/u/tondedon)\
**Post date:** [July 25, 2020, 7:22pm UTC](https://bisq.community/t/text-too-small-to-read-see-ubuntu/9629/6 "2020-07-25T19:22:24Z")

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The [Whonix Wiki](https://www.whonix.org/wiki/Bisq) is a good reference for linux users. They mention this and the “xdg-desktop-menu Bug”.

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**Author:** ![redfish](https://bisq.community/letter_avatar/redfish/32/6_22734026db12803ebb3e059622ac3534.png) [@redfish](https://bisq.community/u/redfish)\
**Post date:** [July 28, 2020, 9:39pm UTC](https://bisq.community/t/text-too-small-to-read-see-ubuntu/9629/7 "2020-07-28T21:39:20Z")

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> [@Ross](#):
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> gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.interface scaling-factor 2

This one command is enough. Thanks Ross. I had been suffering with the tiny font for too long.