New resolution - small fonts

Hi
I just bought a new monitor and with it, I'm using a brand new screen resolution, 1400X900. Everything is fine except that I find the fonts a little small for my old eyes. In certain apps like Firefox, it's possible to modify the fonts so there is no problem with these apps. The situation is different with some other apps in which there are no possibilities to modify the fonts. The main menu of OS X is a little small, too.
Last year, I tried a trick supplied in one of those Mac specialized sites (it involved using the terminal) and I messed up a few things in my setup (even after I reverted back to where I was before)so I want to be very cautious this time.
I would appreciate some help, please
mac mini Mac OS X (10.4.9) 1 Gb of RAM, using a Firewire enclosure & 120Gb WD hard drive
mac mini Mac OS X (10.4.9) 1 Gb of RAM, using a Firewire enclosure & 120Gb WD hard drive
mac mini Mac OS X (10.4.9) 1 Gb of RAM, using a Firewire enclosure & 120Gb WD hard drive

I know what you mean. It took me a while to get used to using 1440X900 on my iMac a few years ago. I still use "Command +" all the time while browsing. Almost every time I start a browser, either Safari or Camino, the first thing I do is increase the text size. It helps to experiment with the font sizes but I've found that I still need to use "Command +" a lot.
As for the system menus and other system text, I don't know how to increase that. I do agree with Kurt that the native resolution of an LCD definitely provides the clearest (but smallest) relative text size. I've decreased the resolution to lower settings than 1440X900 but have always quickly switched back and now I've pretty much gotten used to the high resolution.
Things will remain this way for us until Apple puts into Mac OS X some sort of fully scalable, system wide text size adjustment (if that's possible).
Regards,
Steve M.

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