diff --git a/src/figtree/treeviewer/painters/LabelPainterController.java b/src/figtree/treeviewer/painters/LabelPainterController.java
index 495de90..93e84c8 100755
--- a/src/figtree/treeviewer/painters/LabelPainterController.java
+++ b/src/figtree/treeviewer/painters/LabelPainterController.java
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
         });
 
         Font font = labelPainter.getFont();
-        fontSizeSpinner = new JSpinner(new SpinnerNumberModel(font.getSize(), 0.01, 48, 1));
+        fontSizeSpinner = new JSpinner(new SpinnerNumberModel(font.getSize(), 0.01, 72, 1));
 
         fontSizeSpinner.addChangeListener(new ChangeListener() {
             public void stateChanged(ChangeEvent changeEvent) {
diff --git a/src/figtree/treeviewer/painters/ScaleBarPainterController.java b/src/figtree/treeviewer/painters/ScaleBarPainterController.java
index 2e44700..a0f2e91 100755
--- a/src/figtree/treeviewer/painters/ScaleBarPainterController.java
+++ b/src/figtree/treeviewer/painters/ScaleBarPainterController.java
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ public ScaleBarPainterController(final ScaleBarPainter scaleBarPainter, final Tr
         scaleRangeText.setEnabled(false);
 
         Font font = scaleBarPainter.getFont();
-        fontSizeSpinner = new JSpinner(new SpinnerNumberModel(font.getSize(), 0.01, 48, 1));
+        fontSizeSpinner = new JSpinner(new SpinnerNumberModel(font.getSize(), 0.01, 72, 1));
 
         final JLabel label2 = optionsPanel.addComponentWithLabel("Font Size:", fontSizeSpinner);