diff --git a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/gxschannels/GxsChannelPostThumbnail.cpp b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/gxschannels/GxsChannelPostThumbnail.cpp
index 66dc02e34..2aeb31e1f 100644
--- a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/gxschannels/GxsChannelPostThumbnail.cpp
+++ b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/gxschannels/GxsChannelPostThumbnail.cpp
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
 #include "gui/gxschannels/GxsChannelPostThumbnail.h"
 
 const float ChannelPostThumbnailView::DEFAULT_SIZE_IN_FONT_HEIGHT = 5.0;
+const float ChannelPostThumbnailView::FONT_SCALE_FACTOR = 2.0;
 
 ChannelPostThumbnailView::ChannelPostThumbnailView(const RsGxsChannelPost& post,uint32_t flags,QWidget *parent)
         : QWidget(parent),mPostTitle(nullptr),mFlags(flags), mAspectRatio(ASPECT_RATIO_2_3)
@@ -134,7 +135,10 @@ void ChannelPostThumbnailView::init(const RsGxsChannelPost& post)
 
         QFont font = mPostTitle->font();
 
-        font.setPointSizeF(DEFAULT_SIZE_IN_FONT_HEIGHT / 5.0 * font.pointSizeF());
+        if(mFlags & ChannelPostThumbnailView::FLAG_SCALE_FONT)
+            font.setPointSizeF(FONT_SCALE_FACTOR * DEFAULT_SIZE_IN_FONT_HEIGHT / 5.0 * font.pointSizeF());
+        else
+            font.setPointSizeF(FONT_SCALE_FACTOR * DEFAULT_SIZE_IN_FONT_HEIGHT / 5.0 * font.pointSizeF());
 
         if(is_msg_new)
             font.setBold(true);
diff --git a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/gxschannels/GxsChannelPostThumbnail.h b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/gxschannels/GxsChannelPostThumbnail.h
index f8c0f4650..b7a68e19f 100644
--- a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/gxschannels/GxsChannelPostThumbnail.h
+++ b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/gxschannels/GxsChannelPostThumbnail.h
@@ -85,6 +85,7 @@ public:
     static constexpr uint32_t FLAG_NONE      = 0x00;
     static constexpr uint32_t FLAG_SHOW_TEXT = 0x01;
     static constexpr uint32_t FLAG_ALLOW_PAN = 0x02;
+    static constexpr uint32_t FLAG_SCALE_FONT= 0x04;
 
 	// Size of thumbnails as a function of the height of the font. An aspect ratio of 3/4 is good.
 
@@ -119,6 +120,7 @@ public:
     AspectRatio bestAspectRatio() ;
 private:
     static const float DEFAULT_SIZE_IN_FONT_HEIGHT ;
+    static const float FONT_SCALE_FACTOR ;
 
     float thumbnail_w() const;
     float thumbnail_h() const;
diff --git a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/gxschannels/GxsChannelPostsWidgetWithModel.cpp b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/gxschannels/GxsChannelPostsWidgetWithModel.cpp
index 2e9808a13..804aeac7a 100644
--- a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/gxschannels/GxsChannelPostsWidgetWithModel.cpp
+++ b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/gxschannels/GxsChannelPostsWidgetWithModel.cpp
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ void ChannelPostDelegate::paint(QPainter * painter, const QStyleOptionViewItem &
     {
         // Draw a thumbnail
 
-        uint32_t flags = (mUseGrid)?(ChannelPostThumbnailView::FLAG_SHOW_TEXT):0;
+        uint32_t flags = (mUseGrid)?(ChannelPostThumbnailView::FLAG_SHOW_TEXT | ChannelPostThumbnailView::FLAG_SCALE_FONT):0;
         ChannelPostThumbnailView w(post,flags);
         w.setAspectRatio(mAspectRatio);
         w.updateGeometry();
@@ -206,7 +206,7 @@ QSize ChannelPostDelegate::sizeHint(const QStyleOptionViewItem& option, const QM
     QFontMetricsF fm(option.font);
 
     RsGxsChannelPost post = index.data(Qt::UserRole).value<RsGxsChannelPost>() ;
-    uint32_t flags = (mUseGrid)?(ChannelPostThumbnailView::FLAG_SHOW_TEXT):0;
+    uint32_t flags = (mUseGrid)?(ChannelPostThumbnailView::FLAG_SHOW_TEXT | ChannelPostThumbnailView::FLAG_SCALE_FONT):0;
 
     ChannelPostThumbnailView w(post,flags);
     w.setAspectRatio(mAspectRatio);
@@ -798,7 +798,7 @@ void GxsChannelPostsWidgetWithModel::postChannelPostLoad()
     for(uint32_t i=0;i<std::min(mChannelPostsModel->getNumberOfPosts(),5u);++i)
     {
         const RsGxsChannelPost& post = mChannelPostsModel->post(i);
-        ChannelPostThumbnailView v(post,ChannelPostThumbnailView::FLAG_SHOW_TEXT);
+        ChannelPostThumbnailView v(post,ChannelPostThumbnailView::FLAG_SHOW_TEXT | ChannelPostThumbnailView::FLAG_SCALE_FONT);
 
         ++ar_votes[ static_cast<uint32_t>( v.bestAspectRatio() )];
     }