[Tfug] Why GNOME was the stupidest idea in Linux history...

[Zack Williams]

>>>    Bowie, I dare you to try just one thing: re-size the fonts in the
>>>    basic OS pulldown menus.  Oh gee, you CAN'T, can you?  I know a guy
>>>    over 70 years old running Leopard who's getting serious eyestrain
>>>    issues.
>>>
>> You can, actually, but that's beside the point.
>
> HOW?  Seriously?

Supposedly you can change the UI resolution via this command line:

defaults write -g AppleDisplayScaleFactor X

If X>1 then things are bigger. X<1 things are smaller.

Note that you're at the mercy of applications to support this.

- Zack