diff --git a/RenderingManager.cpp b/RenderingManager.cpp
index e35a984..85a2438 100644
--- a/RenderingManager.cpp
+++ b/RenderingManager.cpp
@@ -358,6 +358,28 @@ glm::vec3 Rendering::unProject(glm::vec2 screen_coordinate, glm::mat4 modelview)
 float Rendering::Width() { return main_window_attributes_.viewport.x; }
 float Rendering::Height() { return main_window_attributes_.viewport.y; }
 
+float Rendering::MonitorWidth()
+{
+    GLFWmonitor *monitor = glfwGetWindowMonitor (main_window_);
+    if (!monitor)
+        monitor = glfwGetPrimaryMonitor ();
+    int xpos, ypos, width, height;
+    glfwGetMonitorWorkarea(monitor, &xpos, &ypos, &width, &height);
+
+    return width;
+}
+
+float Rendering::MonitorHeight()
+{
+    GLFWmonitor *monitor = glfwGetWindowMonitor (main_window_);
+    if (!monitor)
+        monitor = glfwGetPrimaryMonitor ();
+    int xpos, ypos, width, height;
+    glfwGetMonitorWorkarea(monitor, &xpos, &ypos, &width, &height);
+
+    return height;
+}
+
 void Rendering::ToggleFullscreen()
 {
     // if in fullscreen mode
diff --git a/RenderingManager.h b/RenderingManager.h
index d5d2d86..bd342a8 100644
--- a/RenderingManager.h
+++ b/RenderingManager.h
@@ -84,6 +84,9 @@ public:
     // for opengl pipeline in gstreamer
     void LinkPipeline( GstPipeline *pipeline );
 
+    float MonitorWidth();
+    float MonitorHeight();
+
 private:
 
     // loop update to begin new frame
diff --git a/UserInterfaceManager.cpp b/UserInterfaceManager.cpp
index 8d02b1e..1de928b 100644
--- a/UserInterfaceManager.cpp
+++ b/UserInterfaceManager.cpp
@@ -154,8 +154,8 @@ bool UserInterface::Init()
     ImGuiToolkit::SetAccentColor(static_cast<ImGuiToolkit::accent_color>(Settings::application.accent_color));
 
     // Load Fonts (using resource manager, NB: a temporary copy of the raw data is necessary)
-    int base_font_size = int ( Rendering::manager().Height() / 90.f );
-    Log::Info("Base font size %d", base_font_size);
+    int base_font_size = int ( Rendering::manager().MonitorHeight() / 90.f );
+    Log::Info("Base font size %d (%.1f)", base_font_size, Rendering::manager().MonitorHeight());
     ImGuiToolkit::SetFont(ImGuiToolkit::FONT_DEFAULT, "Roboto-Regular", base_font_size);
     ImGuiToolkit::SetFont(ImGuiToolkit::FONT_BOLD, "Roboto-Bold", base_font_size);
     ImGuiToolkit::SetFont(ImGuiToolkit::FONT_ITALIC, "Roboto-Italic", base_font_size);