Logic 8 eye strain tiny fonts

Hi. I got my Logic 8 upgrade the other day. After using it for 2 hours my eyes look like someone punched me. Am I the only one to get eye strain from the tiny tiny fonts that apple has used? Is there anything I can do to remedy this? I can't see a way of changing the font size. Any one else have this problem?

Just finished a day of using logic and I have to say it is unuseable for me. My eyes are O.K. and I can use laptops all day without any problem, but I think the fonts in logic are so small it's just too much of a strain. I will have to go back to crap cubase 4 - reluctantly because it's completely unstable.

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