Text Size/Accessibility Help

[ConnYoungy]

My dad just asked me how to make all the text appear bigger his iMac and without thinking I sent him to the Accessibility options in Sys Pref but there was nothing to be found. To me it seemed common sense since the iPhone has a system-wide text size option but I can't find a similar thing for Yosemite.

Any advice? I know I can make things like finder text bigger but that doesn't help when say, composing an email, or browsing the web (let's mark manually zooming in and out as a poor solution also).

 

[5aga]

try changing the resolution

 

[Fishrrman]

It would help if you told us -which Mac- your dad has?

 

[Partron22]

You can use the Accessibility->Zoom feature to make things appear larger.
Default settings can quickly make you dizzy though, as the display moves around, following the mouse.
Clicking the Options button brings up a dialog that lets you set min and max zoom, and also set it so the screen image moves only when the mouse pointer reaches an edge. That's a far less vertiginous option.

 

[ConnYoungy]

27inch iMac and a resolution change isn't a suitable solution I feel.

The zoom feature is useful but again not ideal - I don't understand why there isn't a text size option like on iDevices, the mind baffles.

Thanks for the suggestions so far!

 

[Rendergroup]

I think the Yosemite font size is small.

It should be an option to increase the size, not everybody are 20/20

 

[5aga]

the only other thing I can suggest is maybe try tinkertool.

http://www.bresink.com/osx/0TinkerTool/details.html