diff --git a/src/conio/sdl_con.c b/src/conio/sdl_con.c
index ca326b05b05a247ce2c0ea1dc3daf211405fd9c7..fdf714e64b0120c5685f1965bdfa801c0d94f541 100644
--- a/src/conio/sdl_con.c
+++ b/src/conio/sdl_con.c
@@ -1071,7 +1071,7 @@ int sdl_load_font(char *filename)
 
 	if(sdl_font!=NULL)
 		sdl.FreeSurface(sdl_font);
-	sdl_font=sdl.CreateRGBSurface(SDL_SWSURFACE, vstat.charwidth, vstat.charheight*256, 8, 0, 0, 0, 0);
+	sdl_font=sdl.CreateRGBSurface(SDL_SWSURFACE, vstat.charwidth*vstat.scaling, vstat.charheight*256*vstat.scaling, 8, 0, 0, 0, 0);
 	if(sdl_font == NULL) {
 		sdl.mutexV(sdl_vstatlock);
 		free(font);