Best monitor for use at desk several feet away from your eyes

I'll have lots of paper and pencils between me and the computer screen.

High resolution has never interested me because of the above- things just look smaller with higher resolution. Why would I ever want 1440p if the monitor is going to be 3-4 feet from my eyes anyway?

What'd be your best bet for a monitor probably 1080 p that you get good picture quality but has a good screen space/price ratio and is a simple one click to connect

Usecase: productivity, coding, MS office, web browsing

More than half of what I'll do will be in pencil and paper. Computer is just there for things like coding, googling, wolfram alpha, sometimes powerpoint

When I look at 40 inch + monitors on amazon, I see a large price range and am not sure what features or specs to look for. I'm also somewhat worried that some laptops like a thinkpad yoga i7 won't be able to handle a 40 inch monitor

http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=sr_pg_2?fst=asff&rh=n:172282,n:541966,n:1292115011,k:monitor,p_n_size_browse-bin:3547809011&page=2&keywords=monitor&ie=UTF8&qid=1436129969

I also imagine my ideal monitor to have virtual screens or at least understand that I want 4 quadarnts or 3 columns when I use windows button arrow keys to snap windows into place.