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Larger Fonts on iMac
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Apparently you can't do just that. It's one-size-fits-all for OS X, which is odd because it's such an ovious accessibility issue.
Apparently you can't do just that. It's one-size-fits-all for OS X, which is odd because it's such an ovious accessibility issue.
That's the problem, while you can increase the font sizes and icon sizes in most everything else on the machine and finder.
Thong darn menu bars, menus, and such, still have that small font size.
You'd think it would be an obvious part of the Universal Access system preference panel. Hey, hard to see person, lets make it easier by going to a size 16-18 font size.
Reduce resolution
For eyes that have been around for more than a half century, smaller fonts are not an option. Easy solution...lower the resolution. Try... System Preferences...Displays...1344x756. Keep the Brightness high.
For eyes that have been around for more than a half century, smaller fonts are not an option. Easy solution...lower the resolution. Try... System Preferences...Displays...1344x756. Keep the Brightness high.
This issue arises all the time, and I'm wondering if anybody has a solution to this Large Fonts issue, yet?
What older people are after is an equivalent to the Microsoft Windows "Large Fonts" setting, whereby all fonts including menu bars and Finder labels are automatically increased by a certain percentage, while retaining the optimum resolution.
2560x1440 is my optimum resolution. To get the text to default to what'd be a perfect size, I'd have to set the resolution to 1600x900.
There's no point in owning an excellent high resolution monitor if we have to fuzz up the fonts in order to be able to see what we are doing.
This is an obvious, long term accessibility issue and I'm at a loss to understand why Apple, an otherwise extremely customer oriented company, have not introduced an easy way for us to do this as the operating system has progressed through the various versions.
What older people are after is an equivalent to the Microsoft Windows "Large Fonts" setting, whereby all fonts including menu bars and Finder labels are automatically increased by a certain percentage, while retaining the optimum resolution.
2560x1440 is my optimum resolution. To get the text to default to what'd be a perfect size, I'd have to set the resolution to 1600x900.
There's no point in owning an excellent high resolution monitor if we have to fuzz up the fonts in order to be able to see what we are doing.
This is an obvious, long term accessibility issue and I'm at a loss to understand why Apple, an otherwise extremely customer oriented company, have not introduced an easy way for us to do this as the operating system has progressed through the various versions.