diff --git a/displaytext.cpp b/displaytext.cpp
index d9712f369..003c09d78 100644
--- a/displaytext.cpp
+++ b/displaytext.cpp
@@ -2,6 +2,9 @@
 #include <QDebug>
 #include <QMouseEvent>
 #include <QDateTime>
+#include <QTextCharFormat>
+#include <QFont>
+#include <QTextCursor>
 
 #include "qt_helpers.hpp"
 
@@ -14,6 +17,20 @@ DisplayText::DisplayText(QWidget *parent) :
     viewport ()->setCursor (Qt::ArrowCursor);
 }
 
+void DisplayText::setContentFont(QFont const& font)
+{
+  document ()->setDefaultFont (font);
+  QTextCharFormat format;
+  format.setFont (font);
+  selectAll ();
+  auto cursor = textCursor ();
+  cursor.mergeCharFormat (format);
+  cursor.clearSelection ();
+  cursor.movePosition (QTextCursor::End);
+  setTextCursor (cursor);
+  ensureCursorVisible ();
+}
+
 void DisplayText::mouseDoubleClickEvent(QMouseEvent *e)
 {
   bool ctrl = (e->modifiers() & Qt::ControlModifier);
@@ -36,6 +53,7 @@ void DisplayText::_insertText(const QString text, const QString bg)
     moveCursor (QTextCursor::End);
     append (s);
     moveCursor (QTextCursor::End);
+    ensureCursorVisible ();
 }
 
 
diff --git a/displaytext.h b/displaytext.h
index 24cf619d8..584ec206b 100644
--- a/displaytext.h
+++ b/displaytext.h
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ class DisplayText : public QTextEdit
 public:
     explicit DisplayText(QWidget *parent = 0);
 
+    void setContentFont (QFont const&);
     void insertLineSpacer();
     void displayDecodedText(DecodedText decodedText, QString myCall, bool displayDXCCEntity,
                             LogBook logBook, QColor color_CQ, QColor color_MyCall,
diff --git a/mainwindow.cpp b/mainwindow.cpp
index 5e22c9930..ef7950148 100644
--- a/mainwindow.cpp
+++ b/mainwindow.cpp
@@ -596,9 +596,9 @@ void MainWindow::readSettings()
 
 void MainWindow::setDecodedTextFont (QFont const& font)
 {
+  ui->decodedTextBrowser->setContentFont (font);
+  ui->decodedTextBrowser2->setContentFont (font);
   auto style_sheet = font_as_stylesheet (font);
-  ui->decodedTextBrowser->setStyleSheet (ui->decodedTextBrowser->styleSheet () + style_sheet);
-  ui->decodedTextBrowser2->setStyleSheet (ui->decodedTextBrowser2->styleSheet () + style_sheet);
   ui->decodedTextLabel->setStyleSheet (ui->decodedTextLabel->styleSheet () + style_sheet);
   ui->decodedTextLabel2->setStyleSheet (ui->decodedTextLabel2->styleSheet () + style_sheet);
 }