diff --git a/src/ui/mainwindow.cc b/src/ui/mainwindow.cc
index e254fcb69..00b43bcbf 100644
--- a/src/ui/mainwindow.cc
+++ b/src/ui/mainwindow.cc
@@ -3633,14 +3633,14 @@ void MainWindow::scaleArticlesByCurrentZoomFactor()
 
 void MainWindow::doWordsZoomIn()
 {
-  ++cfg.preferences.wordsZoomLevel;
+  cfg.preferences.wordsZoomLevel = cfg.preferences.wordsZoomLevel + 2;
 
   applyWordsZoomLevel();
 }
 
 void MainWindow::doWordsZoomOut()
 {
-  --cfg.preferences.wordsZoomLevel;
+  cfg.preferences.wordsZoomLevel = cfg.preferences.wordsZoomLevel - 2;
 
   applyWordsZoomLevel();
 }
@@ -3659,11 +3659,12 @@ void MainWindow::applyWordsZoomLevel()
   int ps = getIconSize();
 
   ps += cfg.preferences.wordsZoomLevel;
-  if ( ps < 1 ) {
-    ps = 1;
+  if ( ps < 12 ) {
+    ps = 12;
   }
 
   font.setPixelSize( ps * 0.8 );
+  font.setWeight( QFont::Normal );
   translateLine->setFont( font );
   //  translateBox->completerWidget()->setFont( font );
   wordsZoomBase->setEnabled( cfg.preferences.wordsZoomLevel != 0 );
diff --git a/src/ui/scanpopup.cc b/src/ui/scanpopup.cc
index ce956eff7..bcb955920 100644
--- a/src/ui/scanpopup.cc
+++ b/src/ui/scanpopup.cc
@@ -354,8 +354,8 @@ void ScanPopup::applyWordsZoomLevel()
 
   if ( cfg.preferences.wordsZoomLevel != 0 ) {
     ps += cfg.preferences.wordsZoomLevel;
-    if ( ps < 1 ) {
-      ps = 1;
+    if ( ps < 12 ) {
+      ps = 12;
     }
     font.setPixelSize( ps * 0.8 );
   }