Comment 15 for bug 762699

For a workaround, use the Magnifier plugin, which actually does it job and zooms in on the panel and launcher, and increase the width and height to the max (unfortunately it is only 1000, so most users with large monitors will not get the same effect)

I would love to see this bug fixed. Ubuntu can't hail itself as "Linux for human beings" if bugs like this are not fix