Why is the Keyboard Viewer so small??

Does anyone know of a way to make the Keyboard Viewer larger?
I have looked in the Prefs > International pane fields, but see nothing that will allow me to enlarge this valuable feature. I must be going blind because its difficult to make out the keys. It seems to me that this used to be larger before I upgraded to Leopard, but I cannot be certain of this.
Thanks,
Phillip Anthony

Hi den.thed!
I'm looking at my minuscule keyboard going, "Green button? Green button with a + on it? I don't see ANY green button ... hm..mmmmm ... "
Then my mouse cursor - on its own, mind you - magically slid over the fruit-flavored window control jelly beans at the top left of the keyboard palette and they faintly lit up from their dull grayed out state. As I peered at them with squinted eyes, I thought I saw a very faint black character embedded in each ..
... green button, huh ...
As I was mulling this over, my mouse cursor just snapped over the green orb and clicked it.
VOILA! The keyboard sprung to life startling me in the process.
"I can see, I can see! I yelled."
My wife came rushing in, "Are you alright? Are you OK?"
Me: "Oh, I'm fine, honey ... er, I mean Honey. I just discovered that my Mac is Magical. That's all."
She just shook her head and walked out.
Thanks den.thed.

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