Did you ever consider you might need glasses?

I know some places are tough to read due to fonts etc, but not that bad.

I wear glasses, but only for driving. I stare at onscreen text for a living. The average age of the U.S. population is increasing, so eyes are less young and micro-font friendly ever year.

So, yes, moddability would be a nice compromise, but an in-game ability could help weary-eyed players make the most of our monitor size and graphics card.

That makes some sense, but so does the idea that all you could change was font families, not font sizes. Some UI designers are very picky about how text appears. I've got some sympathy there because I'm one of those readers who will brandish a book at friends and rave about the fabulous typography (the hardback of Toni Morrison's A Mercy is a gorgeous object as well as a damned fine read).