Is there a real way to increase the system font size yet?

I got a new Mac Pro (2013 model) to use with my Dell U2711 monitor which has a native screen resolution of 2560x1440.  After spending some significant time fighting with cables (HDMI and DVI will not allow for full native resolution due to a Dell issue, only Display Port works), I finally got my screen working at the full native resolution.  Since I am going from a previous resolution of 1920x1080, as you can imagine, the text is pretty small.
I am running OS X Mavericks 10.9.1. 
I searched the forums for a way to increase the default font size and found a ton of posts, but most posts were older or got the response "Change your screen resolution" which translates to "Drop your resolution to a non-native and clearly inferior mode" or buy some special computer reading glasses.  These are not real solutions for me.  I do professional photo editing so being able to have a high screen resolution is important.  With a great OS I would think there would have to be a way to increase the font size.  (Surely if Windows can do it, so can Mac OS).  I know I can do it for some individual applications like iTunes, Safari, Chrome, etc.  But I can't find a way to increase it for apps that don't have a font size option or for default mac applications like the action bar.  Is this an issue that just keeps being ignored or is there a solution yet?
With 4K displays already on the market and 8K ones being shown off at CES, if we can't control the default font size, are the next set of solutions going to be "Go buy a really big magnifying glass"?  If the current answer is still that I'm SOL, could we please get some feedback to the product group that this is a real issue and it's only going to get worse with higher res monitors coming.  I don't think many people will be happy dropping their 4K displays to 1080 resolution or lower just so they can read the text.

Download and run the free application TinkerTool (not "TinkerTool System"), select the Fonts tab, and change the font sizes.

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