# Pixelated numbers in a watch

**URL:** <https://discourse.processing.org/t/pixelated-numbers-in-a-watch/46816>\
**Category:** Coding Questions\
**Created:** [July 29, 2025, 7:29pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/pixelated-numbers-in-a-watch/46816 "2025-07-29T19:29:00Z")\
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**Author:** ![glv](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/discourse.processing.org/glv/32/18785_2.png) [@glv](https://discourse.processing.org/u/glv)\
**Post date:** [July 29, 2025, 7:36pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/pixelated-numbers-in-a-watch/46816/2 "2025-07-29T19:36:48Z")

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Hello,

It looked good with P2D renderer!

Do you have scaling set in Windows?  
I have scaling set to 125% and often see this issue with the default renderer which is JAVA2D if it is not added to `size()`.

Try another renderer (JAVA2D is default, FX2D or P2D):

> [@Pixelated images](https://discourse.processing.org/t/pixelated-images/46658):
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> Hi there! I have been using processing again after sometime and I don’t understand why images are so pixelated. I am using processing 4.4.4 in Java mode in my pc and all the sketches are really pixelated, it doesn’t matter if a have 2 code lines or 200. How can I get clear images, please? size (500,500); background(255); triangle(250,100, 100,400, 400,400); save("image.png");

This shows differences:

> [@Launcher for Multi-Renderer PApplets](https://discourse.processing.org/t/launcher-for-multi-renderer-papplets/46764):
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> Hello folks! My exploration of a launcher for PApplets with different renderers. This was used primarily for testing Windows scaling on my W10 system and how it affects the sketch window. Code: /\*\* \* Launcher for Multi-Renderer PApplets \* \* Author: glv \* Date: 2025-07-07 \* \* Description: \* Launches four separate Processing sketches (PApplets) using different renderers: \* - JAVA2D \* - P2D \* - P3D \* - FX2D \* \* Each renderer runs in its own thread, with readiness flags for commu…

Search for this in the forum:

`pixelDensity(1)`

It appears to solve a lot of issues.

Reference:

> **[Render Techniques](https://processing.org/tutorials/rendering/)**
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> Tools for rendering geometries in Processing.

> **[size() / Reference](https://processing.org/reference/size_.html)**
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> Defines the dimension of the display window width and height in units of pixels. In a program that has the setup() function, the size() function must be the first line of code inside …

`:)`

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