Agreed, the color contrast on [ code ] boxes is pretty bad - often I hit the "select all" button to improve the readability. A darker font could be useful.
Right, some forums offer multiple styles with different font sizes (often labeled as A, A+ and A++). Though, if you don't mind that the images and icons get larger as well, you can just adjust the web browser's scale. Usually that's done by holding the Ctrl key and then using either the mouse wheel or +/- buttons. Hope that helps.