It is mostly possible in 17.10 already, except there is no nice GUI for the setting and icons in the dock and headerbars will refuse to scale down. Try:
gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.interface text-scaling-factor 0.85 So the setting exists. We just lack a GUI for it in gnome-control- center. ** Changed in: gnome-shell (Ubuntu) Status: New => Invalid ** Changed in: gnome-control-center (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided => Wishlist ** Changed in: gnome-control-center (Ubuntu) Status: New => Triaged -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1724037 Title: Allow GNOME fractional scaling below 100% To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-control-center/+bug/1724037/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs