I'm thinking of getting a bigger monitor (for my 1366 x 768 laptop), say 2560 x 1440, 27" in order to work on a bigger canvas for large/multiple diagrams. When I recently plugged into a friend's big screen (I think it was 3840 x 2160) the outlines of the drawings I had done on the laptop were jagged. I didn't have the chance to draw new objects while thus connected. So, should a drawing object display with a smooth outline (e.g. to the limits of the pixel definition) on a high-definition screen? Surely this is the idea of a vector-based graphic but I can understand there may be other limits on display resolution.
Or is there a setting that can be changed to make full use of the full resolution of large screens?
Update: There may not be a problem. I plugged into my 1920 x 1080 TV and with the display resolution set at that on the laptop, the lines looked OK. I still think the rendition was not perfect w.r.t. the pixel size but it looked quite useable for my graphics work. I'm thinking a monitor of this definition (and not 2560 x 1440) at 24 or 27" will be quite adequate.
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I'm thinking of getting a bigger monitor (for my 1366 x 768 laptop), say 2560 x 1440, 27" in order to work on a bigger canvas for large/multiple diagrams. When I recently plugged into a friend's big screen (I think it was 3840 x 2160) the outlines of the drawings I had done on the laptop were jagged. I didn't have the chance to draw new objects while thus connected. So, should a drawing object display with a smooth outline (e.g. to the limits of the pixel definition) on a high-definition screen? Surely this is the idea of a vector-based graphic but I can understand there may be other limits on display resolution.
Or is there a setting that can be changed to make full use of the full resolution of large screens?
Describe your OS & version, the version of Inkscape and the installer you used, plus any special hardware like tablet/stylus.
I'm on Windows 10 version 2004 build 19041.804
Inkscape 1.0.2 (e86c870879, 2021-01-15) I don't know what installer
It's running on an Acer laptop with AMD Raedon vega 8 graphics. AMD Ryzen 5 3500U
There might be a hi-dpi selector in preferences, maybe in the Interface section... I'm not at a 1.0+ machine to check today.
Would this under edit > preferences > interface > Windows > "save and restore window geometry..." and should be un-selected?
Mmm..., I think not. Someone will chime in, or I'll be back.
Update: There may not be a problem. I plugged into my 1920 x 1080 TV and with the display resolution set at that on the laptop, the lines looked OK. I still think the rendition was not perfect w.r.t. the pixel size but it looked quite useable for my graphics work. I'm thinking a monitor of this definition (and not 2560 x 1440) at 24 or 27" will be quite adequate.