diff --git a/Applications/ParaView/ParaViewMainWindow.cxx b/Applications/ParaView/ParaViewMainWindow.cxx
index ecea2d2b4749f0ecda489b20da37287b4793e77e..30b875a8f3c826245a012426c2b1020f687c1344 100644
--- a/Applications/ParaView/ParaViewMainWindow.cxx
+++ b/Applications/ParaView/ParaViewMainWindow.cxx
@@ -374,7 +374,9 @@ void ParaViewMainWindow::updateFontSize()
 
   if (internals.CurrentGUIFontSize != fontSize)
   {
-    this->setStyleSheet(QString("* { font-size: %1pt }").arg(fontSize));
+    QFont newFont = this->font();
+    newFont.setPointSize(fontSize);
+    this->setFont(newFont);
     this->Internals->CurrentGUIFontSize = fontSize;
   }