Font is too small on screen, although is correct in print

Have a client who works on a Mac and to be able to see writing on screen in e.g. email, I have to ensure it is something like size 20 to see it which is a pain as, when printing this size of font, it is huge. So far, the only way to see the text is for me to change the resolution in the Mac Preferences which then allows me to see e.g. Calibri 12 - albeit still fairly tiny.
Any way to get the font to look larger on screen?

Sorry, need to ask a few more questions... because your answers matter, indeed:
1.) What screen sizes and resolutions are each of you using?
2.) What email clients are each of you using?
3.) "e.g. email" - which other docs or apps as well?

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https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/6965
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Hello, I'm using photoshop CC on amacbook pro retina. I mainly use photoshop for web design and when I open a document that is 300x200 px, the 100% view is too small on screen. Any ideas, It was this way on PS cs6 also before I upgraded. I just tried to delete the prefs file and restarted PS and it did not change. I have also tried to change my screen resolution to "best for retina" and it is still the same.
Steve

I'm sorry, I don't mean to be condescending. But the problem is you've paid extra for something that's actually an improvement, but now you don't want it to work any differently than what you had before.
You don't appear to understand how images and displays actually work. I'll try to provide an explanation...
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100% zoom - by definition - means that one pixel from an image will occupy one display site on the screen.
Can you now see how, since the display sites are much smaller on a Mac retina display, an image displayed at 100% will appear smaller?
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Set an appropriate zoom level in Photoshop to make the image as large as you'd like to see it and you will be fine.
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I've installed Acrobat DC and opened a PDF with comments.
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Hello
Thank you for your answer but this is not what I asked and it doesn't solve my problem.
I'm not talking about comments I create.
I'm talking about comments proof readers are creating for me.
Most of them use Reader and most of them use the default settings for the comment text.
I am the graphic designer who needs to fix the proof reader comments. I need to copy the text of the comment, and for that I need to double click it. When double clicking to comment, the text becomes too small. It has nothing to do with the size you set in preferences as this size refer the the comments text view when they are closed (without double clicking it in order to copy the fixed word or words) and not about the content of the comment. It even written in prefs "Comment view" and not "Comment content"///
Look at the attached screenshot.
I hope my question is clearer now.
Now, how do I change the font size of all 370 comments I have in my document so when I double click the comment I can see the font in a bigger font size?
I don't believe there is a way to do it. There was never a way.
I read here that there is nothing to do in old versions, seems like in the new version its the same. So the news are still sad as one of your stuff said in his answer...
I do hope I'm wrong, this is a serious issue for me.
all the best,
Shlomit

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