VIEWPORT SCALING & RATIOS

Aspect Ratio Calculator

Calculate simplified aspect ratios from pixel dimensions, solve proportional resizing for custom screens, and preview aspect ratio bounding boxes.

CALCULATED RESULT
16:9
Decimal: 1.78:1 (1920 × 1080 px)
16:9

STANDARD ASPECT RATIOS

Click any industry aspect ratio to load into the calculator:

RATIO COMMON RESOLUTION PRIMARY USAGE
16:9 1920 × 1080 Standard TV, PC & Consoles
16:10 1920 × 1200 Laptops, Steam Deck, MacBooks
21:9 2560 × 1080 Ultrawide Gaming Monitors
32:9 5120 × 1440 Super Ultrawide Panoramic
4:3 1024 × 768 Classic CRT & iPad Screens
9:16 1080 × 1920 Mobile Vertical / Shorts
1:1 1000 × 1000 Square Avatars / Icons

ASPECT RATIO & LETTERBOXING

An aspect ratio describes the proportional relationship between display width and height.

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Letterboxing / Pillarboxing: When a 16:9 game runs on a 21:9 screen without responsive camera scaling, black bars appear on the edges.
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Notch Safe Areas: Modern smartphones use tall ratios like 19.5:9 and 20:9. Always anchor mobile HUDs inside Screen.safeArea in Unity.
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2D Sprites & Textures: Power-of-two (1:1) textures (e.g. 1024×1024) compress efficiently via GPU block compression (BC7, ASTC).

SIMPLIFICATION FORMULA

Euclidean Greatest Common Divisor reduction:

GCD = greatestCommonDivisor(Width, Height)
Simplified Ratio = (Width / GCD) : (Height / GCD)
Height = Width × (Target Ratio H / Target Ratio W)

Developer Note: This calculator automatically simplifies custom dimensions into irreducible fractional integers.

KNOWLEDGE BASE

FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

Common questions regarding aspect ratios, UI anchor points, and multiple resolution support.

How do I support multiple aspect ratios in Unity?

1. Use Unity's Canvas Scaler with Scale With Screen Size.
2. Anchor UI buttons to relative corners (top-right for mini-map, bottom-left for joystick) rather than screen center.
3. Keep 3D camera FOV Axis Mode set to Vertical so horizontal field expands naturally on ultrawide monitors.

What is the aspect ratio of 1920 × 1080?

The GCD of 1920 and 1080 is 120. Dividing both numbers by 120 yields 16:9 (1.78:1).

What aspect ratio do modern smartphones use?

Modern smartphones predominantly range from 19.5:9 to 20.5:9 (e.g. 2400 × 1080 or 2796 × 1290). Ensuring your game handles these wider aspect ratios prevents UI clipping into camera holes and rounded corners.
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