I just bought my first 27 inch iMac..
Although I'm lovin it, I do have it sitting at arms length away from me and am finding the font size vert small..
With this high res display the font is a bit tiny and am just wondering if its possible to change the system wide font size?
Ny eyesight is great but I'm finding that I need the computer right up to my face to be able to comfortable see the fonts..
-Frankie
You can't change the menubar font size. For items on the Desktop, click on it, hit CMD+J, and set it to your liking. My 72+ 20/20 peppers find icons at 20 x 20 and text size 10 sufficient, when viewing from 36" away. Same applies to window settings. Ultimately, if the default 2560 x 1440 resolution doesn't do it, then System Preferences->Displays-> and select a lower resolution. Good luck.
There are some suggestions here
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/3736227
including changing the screen resolution and the font size for folder and icons.
Another option not mentioned there is to enable the 'Use scroll gesture with modifier keys to zoom' option in
> System Preferences > Accessibility | Zoom
After that, you can hold down the 'control' key and 2-finger swipe to zoom the entire screen.
Thanks for the responses everyone..
I did all that was suggested and somehow didnt like the results..
I solved the problem anyway by just moving the monitor closer to me. I'm used to having the screen more than arms length away from me when I'm sitting up and then sitting back in the chair.. Looks like I just have to get used to using it closer 🙂
-Frank
OSX System Wide Font Size?
