Changing the System Font

Hi all,
I made the mistake, from my prospective, of installing Yosemite. I am hoping there is an easy way that I am simply missing to change the system font. I find this micro-font impossible to read.
Thanks

The only option I know of is to scale the display.
System Preferences > Displays > Display ( Tab ) > Change Resolution: To Scaled > Select Larger Text.
Are you on Yosemite? I do not show any entry to select larger text. I can change the resolution to scaled, but that changes the entire resolution when I only want to change the text, preferably without adding any third party software.

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