diff --git a/config.h b/config.h
index 8453667..d9b980b 100644
--- a/config.h
+++ b/config.h
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
  *
  * font: see http://freedesktop.org/software/fontconfig/fontconfig-user.html
  */
-static char *font = "Hack:size=14";
+static char *font = "Hack:size=12";
 static int borderpx = 2;
 
 /*