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simonh on Jan 11, 2013 | parent | context | favorite | on: Monoprice Announces 27-Inch 2560 x 1440 Monitor fo...

My understanding is that you can set a 'virtual' screen resolution and the system will interpolate everything in the same way that computer games do, but at a significant reduction in display quality. I don't think OSX supports changing the system font size or display element sizes directly.

gte910h on Jan 11, 2013 [–]

Dock item sizes are controlled in the Dock Prefpane

If you want to go the resolution: They're set per user, so only the people with reduced vision need the more visible resolutions

http://www.bresink.com/osx/TinkerTool.html can change fonts all over the place for MOST apps.

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