diff --git a/bigbluebutton-html5/imports/ui/components/whiteboard/whiteboard-overlay/component.jsx b/bigbluebutton-html5/imports/ui/components/whiteboard/whiteboard-overlay/component.jsx
index 2f0730b654..1d8fa5a9d7 100755
--- a/bigbluebutton-html5/imports/ui/components/whiteboard/whiteboard-overlay/component.jsx
+++ b/bigbluebutton-html5/imports/ui/components/whiteboard/whiteboard-overlay/component.jsx
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ export default class WhiteboardOverlay extends Component {
     this.checkIfOutOfBounds = this.checkIfOutOfBounds.bind(this);
     this.svgCoordinateToPercentages = this.svgCoordinateToPercentages.bind(this);
     this.normalizeThickness = this.normalizeThickness.bind(this);
+    this.normalizeFont = this.normalizeFont.bind(this);
   }
 
 
@@ -71,6 +72,10 @@ export default class WhiteboardOverlay extends Component {
     return (thickness * 100) / this.props.physicalSlideWidth;
   }
 
+  normalizeFont(fontSize) {
+    return (fontSize * 100) / this.props.physicalSlideHeight;
+  }
+
   generateNewShapeId() {
     this.count = this.count + 1;
     this.currentShapeId = `${this.props.userId}-${this.count}-${new Date().getTime()}`;
@@ -130,6 +135,7 @@ export default class WhiteboardOverlay extends Component {
       getCurrentShapeId: this.getCurrentShapeId,
       generateNewShapeId: this.generateNewShapeId,
       normalizeThickness: this.normalizeThickness,
+      normalizeFont: this.normalizeFont,
       sendAnnotation,
       resetTextShapeSession,
       setTextShapeActiveId,
diff --git a/bigbluebutton-html5/imports/ui/components/whiteboard/whiteboard-overlay/text-draw-listener/component.jsx b/bigbluebutton-html5/imports/ui/components/whiteboard/whiteboard-overlay/text-draw-listener/component.jsx
index 2b7aae774b..eb4bcb4280 100755
--- a/bigbluebutton-html5/imports/ui/components/whiteboard/whiteboard-overlay/text-draw-listener/component.jsx
+++ b/bigbluebutton-html5/imports/ui/components/whiteboard/whiteboard-overlay/text-draw-listener/component.jsx
@@ -242,7 +242,7 @@ export default class TextDrawListener extends Component {
   }
 
   handleDrawText(startPoint, width, height, status, id, text) {
-    const { normalizeThickness, sendAnnotation } = this.props.actions;
+    const { normalizeFont, sendAnnotation } = this.props.actions;
 
     const annotation = {
       id,
@@ -252,7 +252,7 @@ export default class TextDrawListener extends Component {
         x: startPoint.x, // left corner
         y: startPoint.y, // left corner
         fontColor: this.props.drawSettings.color,
-        calcedFontSize: normalizeThickness(this.props.drawSettings.textFontSize), // fontsize
+        calcedFontSize: normalizeFont(this.props.drawSettings.textFontSize), // fontsize
         textBoxWidth: width, // width
         text,
         textBoxHeight: height, // height