The Finder's View » Show View Options window only allows for fonts up to 16 points, when in theory you can use any font size you want. For me, changing the size to 18 points makes it that much easier on my eyes, and leads to fewer times when I'll have to use Universal Access. To change the font size, navigate to your user's /Library/Preferences folder. In that folder, find com.apple.Finder.plist. Before you do anything else, make a copy of this file. Now open the original for editing. You can do this in a standard text editor, or but I strongly recommend you use a Property List (plist) editor to do so. Apple provides Property List Editor free of charge with the Developer Tools (it's in /Developer » Applications » Utilities; it's also included if you have the iPhone SDK). If you don't have the Developter Tools, and you don't feel like downloading gigs of developer tools for one app, you can use PrefS...

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