diff --git a/Configuration.cpp b/Configuration.cpp
index 7a9318cc9..e04f3c652 100644
--- a/Configuration.cpp
+++ b/Configuration.cpp
@@ -2358,7 +2358,8 @@ void Configuration::impl::update_audio_channels (QComboBox const * source_combo_
 
 void Configuration::impl::set_application_font (QFont const& font)
 {
-  qApp->setStyleSheet (qApp->styleSheet () + font_as_stylesheet (font));
+  qApp->setStyleSheet (qApp->styleSheet () + "* {" + font_as_stylesheet (font) + '}');
+  qDebug () << "app style sheet:" << qApp->styleSheet ();
 }
 
 // load all the supported rig names into the selection combo box
diff --git a/StationList.cpp b/StationList.cpp
index 87689c2f6..94c09d650 100644
--- a/StationList.cpp
+++ b/StationList.cpp
@@ -430,7 +430,6 @@ bool StationList::impl::setData (QModelIndex const& model_index, QVariant const&
 
         case 2:
           stations_[row].antenna_description_ = value.toString ();
-          qDebug () << "stations edited:" << stations_;
           Q_EMIT dataChanged (model_index, model_index, roles);
           changed = true;
           break;
diff --git a/astro.cpp b/astro.cpp
index 65f47ba43..9fecf51ef 100644
--- a/astro.cpp
+++ b/astro.cpp
@@ -12,8 +12,10 @@
 #include <QFontDialog>
 #include <QStandardPaths>
 #include <QDir>
+#include <QDebug>
 
 #include "commons.h"
+#include "qt_helpers.hpp"
 
 #include "ui_astro.h"
 
@@ -27,8 +29,8 @@ Astro::Astro(QSettings * settings, QWidget * parent)
   ui_->setupUi(this);
 
   setWindowFlags (Qt::Dialog | Qt::WindowCloseButtonHint | Qt::WindowMinimizeButtonHint);
-
   setWindowTitle(QApplication::applicationName () + " - " + tr ("Astronomical Data"));
+  setStyleSheet ("QWidget {background: cyan;}");
 
   read_settings ();
 
@@ -56,7 +58,7 @@ void Astro::read_settings ()
   QFont font;
   if (font.fromString (settings_->value ("font", ui_->text_label->font ().toString ()).toString ()))
     {
-      ui_->text_label->setFont (font);
+      ui_->text_label->setStyleSheet ("QLabel {" + font_as_stylesheet (font) + '}');
       adjustSize ();
     }
   settings_->endGroup ();
@@ -73,18 +75,22 @@ void Astro::write_settings ()
 void Astro::on_font_push_button_clicked (bool /* checked */)
 {
   bool changed;
-  ui_->text_label->setFont (QFontDialog::getFont (&changed
-                                                  , ui_->text_label->font ()
-                                                  , this
-                                                  , tr ("WSJT-X Astro Text Font Chooser")
+  auto ss = styleSheet ();
+  setStyleSheet ("");
+  auto font = QFontDialog::getFont (&changed
+                                    , ui_->text_label->font ()
+                                    , this
+                                    , tr ("WSJT-X Astro Text Font Chooser")
 #if QT_VERSION >= 0x050201
-                                                  , QFontDialog::MonospacedFonts
+                                    , QFontDialog::MonospacedFonts
 #endif
-                                                  ));
+                                    );
   if (changed)
     {
+      ui_->text_label->setStyleSheet ("QLabel {" + font_as_stylesheet (font) + '}');
       adjustSize ();
     }
+  setStyleSheet (ss);
 }
 
 void Astro::astroUpdate(QDateTime t, QString mygrid, QString hisgrid,
diff --git a/astro.ui b/astro.ui
index c5c5907a9..7d8f7fa13 100644
--- a/astro.ui
+++ b/astro.ui
@@ -17,9 +17,7 @@
    </sizepolicy>
   </property>
   <property name="styleSheet">
-   <string notr="true">QWidget {
-	background: cyan;
-}</string>
+   <string notr="true"/>
   </property>
   <layout class="QVBoxLayout" name="verticalLayout">
    <property name="leftMargin">
@@ -42,11 +40,10 @@
        <verstretch>0</verstretch>
       </sizepolicy>
      </property>
-     <property name="font">
-      <font>
-       <family>Courier</family>
-       <pointsize>18</pointsize>
-      </font>
+     <property name="styleSheet">
+      <string notr="true">QLabel {
+font: 18pt &quot;Courier&quot;;
+}</string>
      </property>
      <property name="frameShadow">
       <enum>QFrame::Sunken</enum>
diff --git a/displaytext.cpp b/displaytext.cpp
index 003c09d78..695513955 100644
--- a/displaytext.cpp
+++ b/displaytext.cpp
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #include "displaytext.h"
-#include <QDebug>
+
 #include <QMouseEvent>
 #include <QDateTime>
 #include <QTextCharFormat>
@@ -15,16 +15,17 @@ DisplayText::DisplayText(QWidget *parent) :
 {
     setReadOnly (true);
     viewport ()->setCursor (Qt::ArrowCursor);
+    setWordWrapMode (QTextOption::NoWrap);
+    setStyleSheet ("");
 }
 
 void DisplayText::setContentFont(QFont const& font)
 {
-  document ()->setDefaultFont (font);
-  QTextCharFormat format;
-  format.setFont (font);
+  setFont (font);
+  m_charFormat.setFont (font);
   selectAll ();
   auto cursor = textCursor ();
-  cursor.mergeCharFormat (format);
+  cursor.mergeCharFormat (m_charFormat);
   cursor.clearSelection ();
   cursor.movePosition (QTextCursor::End);
   setTextCursor (cursor);
@@ -49,10 +50,16 @@ void DisplayText::insertLineSpacer()
 void DisplayText::_insertText(const QString text, const QString bg)
 {
     QString s = "<table border=0 cellspacing=0 width=100%><tr><td bgcolor=\"" +
-      bg + "\"><pre>" + text.trimmed () + "</pre></td></tr></table>";
-    moveCursor (QTextCursor::End);
-    append (s);
-    moveCursor (QTextCursor::End);
+      bg + "\">" + text.trimmed ().replace (' ', "&nbsp;") + "</td></tr></table>";
+    auto cursor = textCursor ();
+    cursor.movePosition (QTextCursor::End);
+    auto pos = cursor.position ();
+    insertHtml (s);
+    cursor.setPosition (pos, QTextCursor::MoveAnchor);
+    cursor.movePosition (QTextCursor::End, QTextCursor::KeepAnchor);
+    cursor.mergeCharFormat (m_charFormat);
+    cursor.clearSelection ();
+    setTextCursor (cursor);
     ensureCursorVisible ();
 }
 
diff --git a/displaytext.h b/displaytext.h
index 584ec206b..0c481ab3d 100644
--- a/displaytext.h
+++ b/displaytext.h
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ private:
     void _appendDXCCWorkedB4(/*mod*/DecodedText& t1, QString &bg, LogBook logBook,
                  QColor color_CQ, QColor color_DXCC, QColor color_NewCall);
 
+  QTextCharFormat m_charFormat;
 };
 
 #endif // DISPLAYTEXT_H
diff --git a/mainwindow.cpp b/mainwindow.cpp
index ef7950148..f9dd1b6fc 100644
--- a/mainwindow.cpp
+++ b/mainwindow.cpp
@@ -598,7 +598,7 @@ void MainWindow::setDecodedTextFont (QFont const& font)
 {
   ui->decodedTextBrowser->setContentFont (font);
   ui->decodedTextBrowser2->setContentFont (font);
-  auto style_sheet = font_as_stylesheet (font);
+  auto style_sheet = "QLabel {" + font_as_stylesheet (font) + '}';
   ui->decodedTextLabel->setStyleSheet (ui->decodedTextLabel->styleSheet () + style_sheet);
   ui->decodedTextLabel2->setStyleSheet (ui->decodedTextLabel2->styleSheet () + style_sheet);
 }
diff --git a/qt_helpers.cpp b/qt_helpers.cpp
index be3af50fd..2d530534b 100644
--- a/qt_helpers.cpp
+++ b/qt_helpers.cpp
@@ -14,11 +14,11 @@ QString font_as_stylesheet (QFont const& font)
     case QFont::Bold: font_weight = "bold"; break;
     case QFont::Black: font_weight = "black"; break;
     }
-  return QString {"* {\n"
+  return QString {
       " font-family: %1;\n"
       " font-size: %2pt;\n"
       " font-style: %3;\n"
-      " font-weight: %4;}\n"}
+      " font-weight: %4;\n"}
   .arg (font.family ())
      .arg (font.pointSize ())
      .arg (font.styleName ())