i3 FAQ - Individual question feedhttps://faq.i3wm.org/questions/Frequently asked questions and answers about the i3 window managerenCopyright i3, 2012Thu, 24 Jul 2014 23:17:10 +0000i3bar - wrong heighthttps://faq.i3wm.org/question/4316/i3bar-wrong-height/Hello, I share the same setup for my laptop and desktop, **on my desktop** the i3bar is cut on the bottom, for example, if I set the workspace buttons with the same color of the status bar, but a different color for the borders, I cant see the bottom border of the square. This is crazzy I can't find the problem... OS: ArchLinux edit: more info, happens with every font, and font size, I know i3bar height is set by the font size. I'm using nvidia drivers but afaik it happens with nouveau, and my monitor is a crossover 27q, I had this setup months ago and this bug didn't happen. I appreciate any help!Wed, 23 Jul 2014 20:43:10 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/4316/i3bar-wrong-height/Answer by tigrezno for <p>Hello, I share the same setup for my laptop and desktop, <strong>on my desktop</strong> the i3bar is cut on the bottom, for example, if I set the workspace buttons with the same color of the status bar, but a different color for the borders, I cant see the bottom border of the square.</p> <p>This is crazzy I can't find the problem...</p> <p>OS: ArchLinux</p> <p>edit: more info, happens with every font, and font size, I know i3bar height is set by the font size. I'm using nvidia drivers but afaik it happens with nouveau, and my monitor is a crossover 27q, I had this setup months ago and this bug didn't happen.</p> <p>I appreciate any help!</p> https://faq.i3wm.org/question/4316/i3bar-wrong-height/?answer=4319#post-id-4319This happened to me and it was a bad dpi setting. In my .xprofile I added: <code>xrandr --dpi 96</code> Check your correct dpi for your monitor first.Thu, 24 Jul 2014 22:10:38 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/4316/i3bar-wrong-height/?answer=4319#post-id-4319Answer by aorith for <p>Hello, I share the same setup for my laptop and desktop, <strong>on my desktop</strong> the i3bar is cut on the bottom, for example, if I set the workspace buttons with the same color of the status bar, but a different color for the borders, I cant see the bottom border of the square.</p> <p>This is crazzy I can't find the problem...</p> <p>OS: ArchLinux</p> <p>edit: more info, happens with every font, and font size, I know i3bar height is set by the font size. I'm using nvidia drivers but afaik it happens with nouveau, and my monitor is a crossover 27q, I had this setup months ago and this bug didn't happen.</p> <p>I appreciate any help!</p> https://faq.i3wm.org/question/4316/i3bar-wrong-height/?answer=4320#post-id-4320That's it! the DPI... it was setting it to 107x107 for some reason, thanks! I just added: Option "DPI" "96 x 96" in monitor section of xorg.confThu, 24 Jul 2014 23:17:10 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/4316/i3bar-wrong-height/?answer=4320#post-id-4320