<div style="color:black;font: 12pt Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Thank you very much. This problem with TexShop has been driving me crazy for 3 years. I tried your suggestion and it works. Now I can read what I am typing without having to guess.
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<div style="font-family:helvetica,arial;font-size:10pt;color:black">-----Original Message-----<br>
From: David Carlisle <d.p.carlisle@gmail.com><br>
To: Djones9976 <djones9976@aol.com><br>
Cc: TeXhax <texhax@tug.org><br>
Sent: Thu, Apr 16, 2020 2:51 pm<br>
Subject: Re: Readable text<br>
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<div dir="ltr">Oh you mean the letters in the _source_ that was not at all clear in<br clear="none">your message: both Phil and my answers assumed you meant reading the<br clear="none">typeset output on screen in a pdf reader.<br clear="none"><br clear="none">I don't have that editor but the question has been asked before and<br clear="none">has answers eg here<br clear="none"><br clear="none"><a shape="rect" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/41345/how-to-change-the-font-of-my-tex-editor-on-mac">https://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/41345/how-to-change-the-font-of-my-tex-editor-on-mac</a><br clear="none">
<div class="yqt9642310278" id="yqtfd61196"><br clear="none">On Thu, 16 Apr 2020 at 20:44, Djones9976 <<a shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:djones9976@aol.com" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="mailto:djones9976@aol.com">djones9976@aol.com</a>> wrote:<br clear="none">><br clear="none">> But the problem is I am typing the text into the *.tex file on an iMAC using TexShop. The *.pdf file it produces is allright but the letters are so small on the *.tex file that I can hardly see them. Maybe the problem is in TexShop or the iMAC but I cannot find any way to increase the size of the letters.<br clear="none">><br clear="none">> D. W. Jones<br clear="none">><br clear="none">><br clear="none">> -----Original Message-----<br clear="none">> From: David Carlisle <<a shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:d.p.carlisle@gmail.com" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="mailto:d.p.carlisle@gmail.com">d.p.carlisle@gmail.com</a>><br clear="none">> To: Djones9976 <<a shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:djones9976@aol.com" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="mailto:djones9976@aol.com">djones9976@aol.com</a>><br clear="none">> Cc: TeXhax <<a shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:texhax@tug.org" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="mailto:texhax@tug.org">texhax@tug.org</a>><br clear="none">> Sent: Thu, Apr 16, 2020 2:29 pm<br clear="none">> Subject: Re: Readable text<br clear="none">><br clear="none">> surely any pdf reader would allow you to zoom in? or produce two<br clear="none">> versions of the book one formatted for screen and one for paper.<br clear="none">><br clear="none">> David<br clear="none">><br clear="none">> On Thu, 16 Apr 2020 at 20:08, Djones9976 via texhax <<a shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:texhax@tug.org" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="mailto:texhax@tug.org">texhax@tug.org</a>> wrote:<br clear="none">> ><br clear="none">> > I am writing a book using 10pt font with pagesize 6x9 inches. The problem is that the print on the computer screen is so small it hurts my eyes. How can I increase the size of the characters on the screen without changing the printsize that appears in the textbook.<br clear="none">> ><br clear="none">> > Thank you,<br clear="none">> ><br clear="none">> > D. W. Jones<br clear="none">><br clear="none"><br clear="none"></div>
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