Windows 10: Bad focus on 1080p 125% UI scaling

Hi,

I have a laptop with a 1080p display, I've been using it at 100% scaling of the UI since i bought it, but now I noticed that my PC with larger 21" (compared to 15.6") display is much more usable, especially for long session wich on the laptop get my eyes tired very soon.

So in the settings I saw 125% is also the "recommended" scaling setting but when I chose it everything became quite blurry and almost out of focus. That's a bad user experience.

Even considering that "smaller" thing usually look "sharper" it still looks a lot too odd to watch.

Any suggestion? Is my 1080p display sort of making 100% mandatory?

Thanks a lot

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