IceSl Interface on 4K screen.

[Matt C]

Hi all. 

   I am new to this forum.  I did a search on the forum and couldn't find anything on the subject for which I'm writing, so please forgive and direct me if it has already been addressed....

   I ran into an issue when I switched to a laptop with a 4K screen (3840x2160).  The menu font in the IceSL slicer interface is so small as to be almost unusable.  It is also probably pertinent to mention I am running things under Linus Mint 19

   Is there a workaround for this???

Thanks in advance!

[Matt C]

Linux Mint 19*  :-P

[salim....@gmail.com]

Hi Matt.

Thank you for using IceSL. Apologies for the late answer.

For UI deployment we use immediate mode (dear imgui to be specific). As such, the backend used for rendering the widgets' text is OpenGL via font textures. Unfortunately, font textures do not scale up in size very well, they look blurry and softened due to mipmap filtering. Therefore a simple scale factor will not suffice in this case.

We do realize this will potentially hinder the use of IceSL in the future when 4K screens become the norm -we still test in ten eighty p ;)- therefore I've upped the priority of this hindrance. We will get back at you whenever we find, implement and test a proper solution to this.

Salim.