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Tiny Text

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Hi, I recently installed AutoCAD 2015 on my PC. I've been having a problem where some of the tool bars, the QuickCalc function, and some other aspects of the program have either very tiny text that's almost impossible to read or condensed text that layers words over one another. I have Windows 10 on my laptop, and run a 4k resolution. I know the resolution might be a problem but everything I try to do doesn't fix the annoying text. Also, I have an NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 graphics card.

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SeeMSixty7
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From what I've read on here is you basically have to reduce your resolution to fix the problem. AutoCAD is not made to take advantage of the 4K resolution. the other option is try the screen multiplier for text and such, but apparently anything past 125% gets flakey.

 

Hope that helps in some way.

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TheCADnoob
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As @SeeMSixty7 aluded to its likely that you will have to bring down the resolution. 

 

Check out this article: https://knowledge.autodesk.com/support/autocad/troubleshooting/caas/sfdcarticles/sfdcarticles/Odd-gr...

 

 

CADnoob

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pendean
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AutoCAD is not designed for high-res monitors. AutoCAD through version 2017 only runs on displays set to 1920x1080 (also try 2560x1440 and up to 2560x1600 if you have that option) and at 100% text scaling (no more than 125% text scaling). It will not look good on 4k displays settings on modern PCs and laptops 😞
Read all about it here http://knowledge.autodesk.com/support/autocad/troubleshooting/caas/sfdcarticles/sfdcarticles/Odd-gra...


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carl.coghill
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There are a few options you can try from this previous post

Carl Coghill
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cvlci_CAD
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You can try this.  It doesn't necessary have to be an Adobe app for this work.  I used to use it for badly scaling apps all the time when I had my 4k laptop.

 

http://neoshamon.blogspot.com/2015/06/adobe-app-scaling-on-high-dpi-displays.html#!/2015/06/adobe-ap...

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