Tiny font size on G3 menus

I recently gave a Bondi Blue 233 Mhz G3 iMac to my parents. I noticed before giving it to them that the fonts on the menu bars were very small, both in Finder and the applications. I tried everything I could think of to increase the size, but nothing worked. I also posted a question on my local Apple Users' discussion board but no one could help me.
So far my parents have been able to see the words OK, but I'd like to increase the size if possible. I increased the size of the icons in Finder so they're really huge. My parents are in their 80s and this is their first Mac. My sister gave them a PC a few years ago but it was too confusing and they got rid of it. I'm hoping the iMac will at least get them off of WebTV!
By the way, I'm about 400 miles away from my parents so unless there's a really simple solution that I can walk them through via phone or email, I might not be able to try any suggestions until I visit them in August.
Thanks!

Hello and Welcome to Apple Discussions.
I assume the screen resolution is at the default 1024x768. You could change it to 800x600 to make it easier on the eyes. The other option is to explore Easy Access (I'm assuming this iMac is still in OS 8.6/9 - it's called Universal Access under OS X) which provides a Zoom facility. If it is OS X you're using on the iMac then the VoiceOver facility will read out commands / OS options (Apple and F5 toggles this on/off).
HTH
mrtotes

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