How do I change the font size of messages in Mac OS x?

The "Mail" and "imessage" applications in Mac OS X are often the most commonly used communication tools, their default font size is 12th number. If you feel that the font size is too small or too big to worry about, changing the text size of the e-mail message is fairly straightforward. Not only can you change the font size of the message content itself, but you can also change the font size of other components of the e-mail message, including senders, recipients, topics, and even mailing lists. Here is a small series to bring you a detailed setup tutorial.

Adjust the font size of your mail application in Mac OS X

This method adjusts the font size and is available for all OS X versions.

1, open the mail program, if you have not yet done so

2. Optional but recommended: Select or open a message to see the font size change in real time

3. Click "Mail"-"preferences" (Translator by: "Command" + "," can, apply to all OS X applications)

4. Select "Font and Color label" and make the following adjustments:

5. Change the font size of mail message: Click "Select" Next to "mail Font", adjust the font size using the dimension indicator, the default value is 12

6. Change the font size of the mailing list: Click "Select" Next to "mail list font" to change to the size you want

7. Turn off preferences and enjoy your results.

Changes in font size can make a huge difference in readability, especially for those who have poor eyesight, or if you want to avoid eye strain or deal with large amounts of mail.

For example, the following is an e-mail message for a mail application that uses the default font size OS X:

Here is the effect of adjusting the font size to 18:

For some users they may look too big, but for others the size is perfect-it's really a matter of user choice and screen size. Note that this article describes how to modify the font size for your system's own mail program, and if your default mail client recognizes programs or Web-based programs, you need to modify their preferences individually. For Web clients like Gmail,yahoo,hotmail, simple scaling usually satisfies the requirements.