This predated EDID, and digital displays generally. The point was that Gnome & KDE actually regressed from base X11 and painted themselves into a 100dpi corner.
Technologically, scaling for physical display resolution and scaling for legibility are substantially the same; done right, either would enable the other.
Technologically, scaling for physical display resolution and scaling for legibility are substantially the same; done right, either would enable the other.