diff --git a/src/panel/MeterPanel.cpp b/src/panel/MeterPanel.cpp
index f43cb77..54cbe12 100644
--- a/src/panel/MeterPanel.cpp
+++ b/src/panel/MeterPanel.cpp
@@ -148,32 +148,28 @@ void MeterPanel::drawPanelContents() {
 
     glGetIntegerv( GL_VIEWPORT, vp);
     
-    float viewHeight = (float) vp[3];
+    double viewHeight = vp[3];
     
     CubicVR::vec4 t = CubicVR::mat4::vec4_multiply(CubicVR::vec4(0,0.5,0,1), transform);
     CubicVR::vec4 b = CubicVR::mat4::vec4_multiply(CubicVR::vec4(0,-0.5,0,1), transform);
     
-    float hScale = t.y-b.y;
+    double hScale = t.y-b.y;
     
-    viewHeight = round(viewHeight * hScale);
+    viewHeight = viewHeight * hScale;
     
-    float labelHeight = 24.0f;
-    float labelPad = 8.0f;
+    double labelHeight = GLFont::getScaledPx(18, GLFont::getScaleFactor());
+    double labelPad = 8.0;
     
-    if (viewHeight > 400.0f) {
-        labelHeight = 32.0f;
-    }
-    
-    float pScale = (1.0f/viewHeight);
+    double pScale = (1.0/viewHeight);
     RGBA4f c1, c2;
     
-    bgPanel.setSize(1.0f, 1.0f - pScale * (labelHeight + labelPad * 2.0f));
+    bgPanel.setSize(1.0f, 1.0 - pScale * (labelHeight + labelPad * 2.0));
     
-    valuePanel.setPosition(0.0f, (pScale * (labelHeight / 2.0f + labelPad) ) - 1.0f);
-    valuePanel.setSize(1.0f, pScale*labelHeight);
+    valuePanel.setPosition(0.0, (pScale * (labelHeight / 2.0 + labelPad) ) - 1.0);
+    valuePanel.setSize(1.0, pScale*labelHeight);
     
-    labelPanel.setPosition(0.0f, 1.0f - (pScale * (labelHeight / 2.0f + labelPad)));
-    labelPanel.setSize(1.0f, pScale*labelHeight);
+    labelPanel.setPosition(0.0, 1.0 - (pScale * (labelHeight / 2.0 + labelPad)));
+    labelPanel.setSize(1.0, pScale*labelHeight);
 
     c1 = ThemeMgr::mgr.currentTheme->generalBackground;
     c2 = ThemeMgr::mgr.currentTheme->generalBackground * 0.5;
diff --git a/src/util/GLFont.cpp b/src/util/GLFont.cpp
index 36f4616..ee20ef9 100644
--- a/src/util/GLFont.cpp
+++ b/src/util/GLFont.cpp
@@ -857,6 +857,30 @@ double GLFont::getScaleFactor() {
     return 1.0;
 }
 
+int GLFont::getScaledPx(int basicFontSize, double scaleFactor) {
+    //try to align on an integer pixel size if the targetSize font is available
+    int targetSize = round(basicFontSize * scaleFactor);
+    int resultIndex = 0;
+    
+    fonts[0].loadFontOnce();
+    
+    for (int i = 0; i < GLFONT_SIZE_MAX - 1; i++) {
+        
+        fonts[i + 1].loadFontOnce();
+        
+        if (fonts[i + 1].pixHeight <= targetSize) {
+            resultIndex = i + 1;
+        }
+        else {
+            break;
+        }
+    } //end for
+    
+    // return font height px
+    return fonts[resultIndex].pixHeight;
+}
+
+
 GLFont::Drawer::Drawer(int basicFontSize, double scaleFactor) {
 
     //Selection of the final font: scan GLFont::fonts to find the biggest font such as 
diff --git a/src/util/GLFont.h b/src/util/GLFont.h
index 13d5281..3feac86 100644
--- a/src/util/GLFont.h
+++ b/src/util/GLFont.h
@@ -112,6 +112,9 @@ public:
 
     //Mean current scale factor: 1.0 in normal, 1.5 medium, 2.0 for large
     static double getScaleFactor();
+    
+    //Return a valid font px height given the font size and scale factor
+    static int getScaledPx(int basicFontSize, double scaleFactor);
 
    
 private: