How to make address book larger and more readable?

extra large isn't big enough. is there a way to make the address book interface larger and more readable?

This won't cover the entire interface (although there is a somewhat experimental way to do that as well), but try quitting "Address Book.app" if it is running, opening "/Applications" > "Utilities" > "Terminal.app" and entering this command:<pre>defaults write com.apple.AddressBook ABTextSizeIncrement -int 10</pre>Then relaunch "Address Book.app". Substitute whatever integer value you prefer in place of "10" (the default sizes are 1, 2 and 3 respectively for "regular", "large" and "extra large").

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