Font is ridiculously small on all Steam games - help!

[kevinorf]

I have a Samsung Ultrabook - resolution 3200x1800.

Games are always a pain in the ass to set up and get them to appear on the screen properly (why is that?).

Once I do get them to appear on the full screen normally, the font is about 2 points and almost impossible to read. Recent games include Rise of Nations and Kerbal Space Program, but almost every game is like this.

How do I fix this?

[TirithRR]

The higher your game resolution is set to, the smaller the User interface and text usually are.

Have you tried setting your game options to a lower resolution?

[kevinorf]

Yes. It doesn't seem to help on most games.

[Cathulhu]

That's a problem you have with displays that have a very high dpi ratio. You have a higher resolution than a full HD TV on a much smaller display, no wonder you encounter such issues.

You could try increasing the DPI scaling in Windows, but not every game will profit from it.

[kevinorf]

Tiny tiny font on almost all games I download on Steam - help!

I own an ATIV Book 9 Plus (13.3" QHD+ Touch / Core™ i5). Most of the computer games I download on Steam display fonts that are too tiny to read. I think this has something to do with the 3200x1600 display. How do I get the font to appear so it is readable. This is not a problem with programs such as Microsoft Office or web browswers. Using Windows 8.1.

[TirithRR]

You made a post on this already.

http://steamcommunity.com/discussions/forum/1/624075566972772654/

[kevinorf]

Brilliant observation! Well it didn't help obviously. Just spent half hour on tech support call with Samsung and all they did was update my graphics driver to no avail. I spent a lot of money on games on Steam - very frustrating I can't use any of them now. I can't believe this is not a common problem and easy fix.

[kevinorf]

Also, the reason I reposted is I didn't add detail before about the type of computer and that I'm running Windows 8.1.

[Silicon Vampire]

then use the edit feature in the future...

[kevinorf]

I see this is a warm friendly forum

[kevinorf]

With all kinds of helpful ideas

[WhereIsBusmin]

Originally posted by kevinorf:

I see this is a warm friendly forum

Originally posted by kevinorf:

With all kinds of helpful ideas

Sans sarcasm, it certianly can be. Don't mistake advice on how to best make use of threads for something like rudeness or condescension.

[wuddih]

install a skin with a bigger font, maybe one was so generous and made one for the moles under the humans.

[kevinorf]

Sorry - just upset that I've spent hundreds of dollars on games and now can't play them. Wuddih - I'm not sure what you mean?

[wuddih]

Originally posted by kevinorf:

Sorry - just upset that I've spent hundreds of dollars on games and now can't play them. Wuddih - I'm not sure what you mean?

http://www.reddit.com/r/Steam/comments/2guav6/text_on_steam_is_too_small_on_1920x1080/

google is very very hard to use ... when you type in "steam skin with large font" with your nose.

[kevinorf]

It's not the Steam interface font that's too small - it's EVERY STEAM GAME I OWN - CAN'T PLAY ANY OF THEM ON NEW LAPTOP. Is everyone on this forum snarky? Wow.