diff --git a/data/gui/schema.cfg b/data/gui/schema.cfg
index 79cb3529cff5..4f513ce152c9 100644
--- a/data/gui/schema.cfg
+++ b/data/gui/schema.cfg
@@ -419,7 +419,7 @@
                         [/key]
                         [key]
                             name="font_size"
-                            type="unsigned"
+                            type="f_unsigned"
                             mandatory=true
                         [/key]
                         [key]
diff --git a/src/gui/core/canvas.cpp b/src/gui/core/canvas.cpp
index cc2132a88878..f82461d3beee 100644
--- a/src/gui/core/canvas.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/core/canvas.cpp
@@ -1254,7 +1254,9 @@ text_shape::text_shape(const config& cfg)
 	, characters_per_line_(cfg["text_characters_per_line"])
 	, maximum_height_(cfg["maximum_height"], -1)
 {
-	VALIDATE(font_size_, _("Text has a font size of 0."));
+	if(!font_size_.has_formula()) {
+		VALIDATE(font_size_(), _("Text has a font size of 0."));
+	}
 
 	const std::string& debug = (cfg["debug"]);
 	if(!debug.empty()) {
@@ -1286,7 +1288,7 @@ void text_shape::draw(surface& canvas,
 		.set_text(text, text_markup_(variables));
 
 	text_renderer.set_family_class(font_family_)
-		.set_font_size(font_size_)
+		.set_font_size(font_size_(variables))
 		.set_font_style(font_style_)
 		.set_alignment(text_alignment_(variables))
 		.set_foreground_color(color_(variables))
diff --git a/src/gui/core/canvas_private.hpp b/src/gui/core/canvas_private.hpp
index 9d88ca886697..9042341b113e 100644
--- a/src/gui/core/canvas_private.hpp
+++ b/src/gui/core/canvas_private.hpp
@@ -266,7 +266,7 @@ class text_shape : public canvas::shape {
 	font::family_class font_family_;
 
 	/** The font size of the text. */
-	unsigned font_size_;
+	typed_formula<unsigned> font_size_;
 
 	/** The style of the text. */
 	font::pango_text::FONT_STYLE font_style_;