How to enlarge image without changing resolution in ubuntu 11.10?

Question

ubuntu

I understand that the question is interesting, but I did not find a normal adequate answer in the entire Internet.
The problem is that at high resolution: full HD 1920x1080 (dell xps L502x laptop), all icons, fonts, etc. are very small, you have to strain your eyes to see something.

Is there a utility that simply enlarges everything by one or two, while maintaining the monitor's native resolution?

Answer 1

askubuntu.com/questions/60044/how-do-i-change-the-font-dpi-settings
The size of the controls is set inside the GTK theme.

Answer 2

choose an appropriate theme, or edit your own for icon size and font size.

Answer 3

There is a utility for the disabled ("magnifying glass"), but it's better to just set everything up correctly.
This is the first time I see such a complaint (the monitor is 23.6'' near the house, at work 2 - 22'' and 19'')…
If you have DE, then everything is generally configured centrally, with WM, of course, you will have to sweat, but ~ /.fonts.conf will solve most of the problems.

Answer 4

Separately, you can increase the icons like this: open Nautilus->Edit->Options->View as icons->Increase the original scale at your discretion

Answer 5

In theory, if you set the correct DPI, the font size will scale itself
One: wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Xorg#Display_Size_and_DPI
Two: wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Font_Configuration_ (Russian)
Although the wiki is from arch, but for ubuntu also suitable