title: “How To Display Messages In A Larger Font In Apple Mail” ShowToc: true date: “2022-12-07” author: “Lisa Tso”
How to Display OS X and macOS Mail in a Larger Font
You’re just a keyboard shortcut away from reading an email in a larger font size in Mac OS X and macOS Mail:
Open the Mail application on your Mac and click an email message to open it in the preview pane, which is the large area where you can see the entire email. Press the keyboard shortcut Command++ (the plus key) to enlarge the contents of the preview pane, including the text of the email. Repeat the keyboard shortcut as many times as you like. Each time, the text gets bigger. To reduce the size of the text, use the keyboard shortcut Command+- (the minus key). The size change using this method (either to enlarge or to reduce) is temporary and not saved. The email returns to its original size when you close it. If you don’t like keyboard shortcuts, you can enlarge the text in an email by opening the message and selecting Format in the Mail menu bar, followed by Style and then Bigger. This change is also temporary.
Make Everything Bigger in Mac OS X and macOS
Any user who has difficulties with vision may be interested in enlarging everything on the Mac display, not just text in emails. You can use Apple Mail keyboard shortcuts to accomplish this, but first, you must activate the feature in System Preferences.
Open System Preferences from the Apple menu. Click Accessibility. Select Zoom in the sidebar and check the box in front of Use keyboard shortcuts to zoom to activate the feature. Now that the feature is activated on the Mac, the keyboard shortcuts are: Toggle the accessibility zoom on with Command+Option+8. Zoom in with Command+Option++ (plus sign). Zoom out with Command+Option+- (minus sign). Return to the original display by repeating Command+Option+8.
Toggle the accessibility zoom on with Command+Option+8. Zoom in with Command+Option++ (plus sign). Zoom out with Command+Option+- (minus sign). Return to the original display by repeating Command+Option+8.
