Fonts of tab,address bar &... become too tiny to be readable after updating to Opera 43

[jawshark87]

jawshark87 last edited by

Having the same issue on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. At first I thought it was just my monitor, but it's kinda nice (ironically) to see that it's not and that it's not just me.

It seems like it's just a size or two too small.

[jawshark87]

jawshark87 last edited by

Update: just disconnected from that external monitor and restarted my laptop. Now it looks fine.

Huh.

[iamdevlinph]

iamdevlinph last edited by

Tried disconnecting from external monitor and restarted the laptop.

Didn't work.

Version information

Version: 43.0.2442.806 - Opera is up to date

Update stream: Stable

System: Ubuntu 16.10 (x86_64; Unity)

[jaredkon333]

jaredkon333 last edited by

I am also having this problem, very annoying! Restarting does nothing.

[lioneltrebuchon]

lioneltrebuchon last edited by

Same here.
Running opera 43 following auto-update.
Ubuntu 14.04 TLS.
Font of address bar and bookmarks unreadable!

I don't know any answer to the problem yet... Please update, because it makes this otherwise AWESOME browser quasi unusable at the moment!

[donald12345]

donald12345 last edited by

I have the same small font. I looks like the font is two size smaller and not sharp. It looks ugly.

My System:

Arch Linux
Opera 43.0.2442.806-1

[athome913]

athome913 last edited by

I too have the same problem after I updated to Opera 43.0.2442.806 on Ubuntu 14.04.5 LTS (x86_64; MATE). Having a hi-res monitor makes it very difficult to read Opera's Tabs and Menus. I didn't have this problem before this update.

I hope it gets fix soon or I'm have to dual-boot to Windows 8.1Pro which doesn't have this issue with Opera.

Thanks for a GREAT Browser!!

[A Former User]

A Former User last edited by

Yup, same font issue here; currently in Kubuntu 14.04.

[zalex108]

zalex108 last edited by

Tiny Extension Icons also in Windows

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[jawshark87]

jawshark87 last edited by

Update 2: reconnected to my external monitor and everything's tiny again.

lmao what

[iamdevlinph]

iamdevlinph last edited by

Found the proper fix. I followed this answer in this stackoverflow question: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/41907095/font-size-of-bookmarks-and-tabs-got-small-for-chrome-in-ubuntu-16-04

Find the line
{code}Exec=opera %U{code}

And replace with
{code}Exec=opera --force-device-scale-factor=1 %U{code}

Restart opera and viola!

[zalex108]

zalex108 last edited by

Good for Linux Users

Thx for sharing

This solution does not apply for windows, so, we will wait.

"You cannot know the meaning of your life until you are connected to the power that created you". · Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi

[iamdevlinph]

iamdevlinph last edited by

Oh yes. I forgot to add, the fix I mentioned was only for Ubuntu.

[athome913]

athome913 last edited by

Thanks Devlin, It Fixed it.

What I did...

sudo nano /usr/share/applications/opera.desktop

and followed your code replacements...

Find the line {code}Exec=opera %U{code}

And replace with {code}Exec=opera --force-device-scale-factor=1 %U{code}

Restart opera and viola!

I have Opera on the Ubuntu panel and it started with small text. But from the Application Menu, Opera started with the correct font size so I removed the Opera from the panel and replied it back to the panel and all is good again.

[huwanhsin]

huwanhsin last edited by

Solved after doing what's post by athome913.

[cuss4moros]

cuss4moros last edited by

Thanks! I was getting crazy with that! Followed athome913's procedure.