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Hey all, recently I’ve been struggling to read the system fonts on Yosemite. I need to squint in order to see texts. For example, the font at the top left of the screen where the ‘Apple logo’ is it’s hard for me to read the text. I’ve got a 21.5inch LED monitor.
In Finder, I’ve increased the text size to 16, which is the highest number. How can I increase it beyond 16 size font?
Can someone please help me?
These articles might help:
http://www.macworld.com/article/2026699/stop-squinting-make-text-bigger-in-os-x. html
http://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/52602/how-can-i-increase-my-font-sizes- without-decreasing-my-resolutionhttp://
Another (rather overkill) option is to decrease screen resolution in System Preferences, Displays
There is no optimum solution but you can improve it
It doesn't seem like I can increase the font sizes... Would getting a bigger monitor be the best solution?
Yes but you do not want to increase the number of pixels. It seems that a lot if graphics items are of a fixed pixel size. I have a 4K monitor and boy are the fonts small except for the case where the can be increased. I have not found a way to increase the font size in the upper menu bar.
Make sure to register any complaints you have about the text size in Yosemite, with Apple Feedback
This link on stop squinting helped me a lot. Thank you.
http://www.macworld.com/article/2026699/stop-squinting-make-text-bigger-in-os-x. html
This article was very helpful. Thank you very much!
How do I increase the size of fonts in Yosemite?
