Changing menu, sidebar font size

can anyone tell me how to change the font size of the menu bars and sidebars? i just can't find it anywhere?

Your answer is an honest one.
People have been submitting suggestions to Apple over this issue for several years now and Apple has done nothing about them. Changing screen resolution size is not a workable option for most people as anything other than the native resolution renders fonts blurry. Tinker Tool can help with some font issues but not with the system fonts that give so many people problems.
I have read posts in other forums on this issue and the thing that was pointed out is the reason Apple refuses to allow system font control is they think such control will damage the integrity of the Aqua interface. While I disagree, it is, after all, their company and their product. While I am happy overall with the Mac platform, there are some things that Windows and Linux do much better than Apple and fonts are one of those items.

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