Fonts are blurry / big in Android Studio

Question

is there any way I can change the resolution of Android Studio? I looked in Settings->Appearance but it seems like there is no official way to change it. I have a 1920x1080

Answer 1

You need to set a compatibility option "Disable display scaling on high DPI settings" for the application.

Right-click the taskbar button, then right-click the app name, select Properties, Compatibility. Set the option, save changes, restart Studio.

Those instructions are for a Win7 machine, but Win8.1 should behave the same.

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To explain what is happening: apparently, the Studio is not "high DPI aware", i.e. does not declare "I know how to handle myself on a high-DPI screen", and Windows tries to scale the window so that its elements do not get too tiny.

You can override this on an app-by-app basis, but be prepared for possible glitches / tiny UI elements.