diff --git a/src/font/digit_face.hpp b/src/font/digit_face.hpp
index ea7e6cf37..103b5546a 100644
--- a/src/font/digit_face.hpp
+++ b/src/font/digit_face.hpp
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ private:
     // ------------------------------------------------------------------------
     virtual unsigned int getGlyphPageSize() const OVERRIDE      { return 256; }
     // ------------------------------------------------------------------------
-    virtual float getScalingFactorOne() const OVERRIDE         { return 0.7f; }
+    virtual float getScalingFactorOne() const OVERRIDE         { return 1.4f; }
     // ------------------------------------------------------------------------
     virtual unsigned int getScalingFactorTwo() const OVERRIDE    { return 40; }
 
@@ -47,6 +47,8 @@ public:
     virtual void reset() OVERRIDE;
     // ------------------------------------------------------------------------
     virtual bool disableTextShaping() const OVERRIDE           { return true; }
+    // ------------------------------------------------------------------------
+    virtual float getNativeScalingFactor() const OVERRIDE      { return 0.5f; }
 };   // DigitFace
 
 #endif
diff --git a/src/font/font_with_face.cpp b/src/font/font_with_face.cpp
index 9f378a47b..502de9404 100644
--- a/src/font/font_with_face.cpp
+++ b/src/font/font_with_face.cpp
@@ -498,11 +498,12 @@ core::dimension2d<u32> FontWithFace::getDimension(const core::stringw& text,
     if (GUIEngine::isNoGraphics())
         return core::dimension2d<u32>(1, 1);
 
-    const float scale = font_settings ? font_settings->getScale() : 1.0f;
+    const float scale = (font_settings ? font_settings->getScale() : 1.0f)
+                     * getNativeScalingFactor();
     if (disableTextShaping())
     {
         return gui::getGlyphLayoutsDimension(text2GlyphsWithoutShaping(text),
-            m_font_max_height, 1.0f/*inverse shaping*/, scale);
+            m_font_max_height * scale, 1.0f/*inverse shaping*/, scale);
     }
 
     auto& gls = font_manager->getCachedLayouts(text);
@@ -525,7 +526,8 @@ int FontWithFace::getCharacterFromPos(const wchar_t* text, int pixel_x,
                                       FontSettings* font_settings) const
 {
 #ifndef SERVER_ONLY
-    const float scale = font_settings ? font_settings->getScale() : 1.0f;
+    const float scale = (font_settings ? font_settings->getScale() : 1.0f)
+                     * getNativeScalingFactor();
     float x = 0;
     int idx = 0;
 
@@ -574,7 +576,8 @@ void FontWithFace::render(const std::vector<gui::GlyphLayout>& gl,
         font_settings->useBlackBorder() : false;
     const bool colored_border = font_settings ?
         font_settings->useColoredBorder() : false;
-    const float scale = font_settings ? font_settings->getScale() : 1.0f;
+    const float scale = (font_settings ? font_settings->getScale() : 1.0f)
+                     * getNativeScalingFactor();
     const float shadow = font_settings ? font_settings->useShadow() : false;
 
     if (shadow)
diff --git a/src/font/font_with_face.hpp b/src/font/font_with_face.hpp
index f18a9b004..074940298 100644
--- a/src/font/font_with_face.hpp
+++ b/src/font/font_with_face.hpp
@@ -324,6 +324,10 @@ public:
     // ------------------------------------------------------------------------
     virtual bool useColorGlyphPage() const                    { return false; }
     // ------------------------------------------------------------------------
+    /** Defined by sub-class about the native scaling factor, to provide */
+    /** a texture with higher resolution when the scale is > 1.0f */
+    virtual float getNativeScalingFactor() const               { return 1.0f; }
+    // ------------------------------------------------------------------------
     void setDPI();
 };   // FontWithFace
 
diff --git a/src/graphics/stk_text_billboard.cpp b/src/graphics/stk_text_billboard.cpp
index ef3e37323..2d8fde6b3 100644
--- a/src/graphics/stk_text_billboard.cpp
+++ b/src/graphics/stk_text_billboard.cpp
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ STKTextBillboard::STKTextBillboard(const video::SColor& color_top,
 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 float STKTextBillboard::getDefaultScale(FontWithFace* face)
 {
-    return 1.0f / (float)face->getDPI();
+    return 1.0f / (float)face->getDPI() / face->getNativeScalingFactor();
 }   // getDefaultScale
 
 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/src/guiengine/scalable_font.cpp b/src/guiengine/scalable_font.cpp
index 43294f28c..e3746e3a0 100644
--- a/src/guiengine/scalable_font.cpp
+++ b/src/guiengine/scalable_font.cpp
@@ -150,7 +150,9 @@ IGUISpriteBank* ScalableFont::getSpriteBank() const
 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 s32 ScalableFont::getHeightPerLine() const
 {
-    return m_face->getFontMaxHeight() * m_font_settings->getScale();
+    return m_face->getFontMaxHeight()
+         * m_face->getNativeScalingFactor()
+         * m_font_settings->getScale();
 }   // getHeightPerLine
 
 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------