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I currently use a 22" (1920 X 1080) monitor from 2 ft away. I have to work with text a lot. In order to improve readability of text in my browser I started using add-ons like Blacken, No Small Text and NoSquint. Even then I would find myself either squinting at the page or zooming on it too much. So I started imposing font rules using custom stylesheets and Stylish for websites I frequent the most. I have put up those that work best here.

Over the past few years the text on the web has gotten smaller, what with all the retina displays flying around. Yet 17"-21" retina displays are nowhere to be found for the desktop users. Therefore, I am thinking of buying a 27" monitor that I can put at the same distance as my current 22" one and be able to see larger text.

My question is would this work out for my situation? Would using a larger monitor with the same resolution let me read comfortably?

P.S: For those curious, the monitor I am almost set on buying is a Samsung 27" S27D390H.

Harsh Vardhan
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What matters is the relative size of the pixels of course. The monitor you've listed has a native resolution of 1920 x 1080, the same as your 22"

That means that each pixel will be visibly larger if you keep the monitor at the same distance and therefore, the image will be slightly larger too. The downside being that you may find the edge-to-edge viewing angle too large causing you eye or neck strain.

UPDATE: As pointed out by @Tetsujin, going bigger with the same resolution is not really the best option. Going bigger with a higher resolution will enable you to make use of changing the DPI in the OS to make things bigger without making things too blurry. At my age, this is increasingly a necessity anyway!

Julian Knight
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A bigger monitor will certainly give you better options. You can e.g. increase the DPI to 150% (even try 200%). The settings are in Control Panel\Appearance and Personalization\Display.

Another option to consider is a high contrast theme. That works well with the internet explorer in Windows 8.1 and somewhat in Windows 10. I have made a little settings video for W8.1 and W10. In W7 it is a bit different.

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