diff --git a/app/src/processing/app/EditorConsole.java b/app/src/processing/app/EditorConsole.java
index 38cf00fc2..257706c2c 100644
--- a/app/src/processing/app/EditorConsole.java
+++ b/app/src/processing/app/EditorConsole.java
@@ -88,7 +88,9 @@ public class EditorConsole extends JScrollPane {
     Color bgColor    = Theme.getColor("console.color");
     Color fgColorOut = Theme.getColor("console.output.color");
     Color fgColorErr = Theme.getColor("console.error.color");
-    Font font        = Theme.getFont("console.font");
+    Font consoleFont = Theme.getFont("console.font");
+    Font editorFont = Preferences.getFont("editor.font");
+    Font font = new Font(consoleFont.getName(), consoleFont.getStyle(), editorFont.getSize());
 
     stdStyle = new SimpleAttributeSet();
     StyleConstants.setForeground(stdStyle, fgColorOut);
diff --git a/app/src/processing/app/SerialMonitor.java b/app/src/processing/app/SerialMonitor.java
index 009305413..58a9155f8 100644
--- a/app/src/processing/app/SerialMonitor.java
+++ b/app/src/processing/app/SerialMonitor.java
@@ -62,7 +62,9 @@ public class SerialMonitor extends JFrame implements MessageConsumer {
   
     getContentPane().setLayout(new BorderLayout());
     
-    Font font = Theme.getFont("console.font");
+    Font consoleFont = Theme.getFont("console.font");
+    Font editorFont = Preferences.getFont("editor.font");
+    Font font = new Font(consoleFont.getName(), consoleFont.getStyle(), editorFont.getSize());
 
     textArea = new JTextArea(16, 40);
     textArea.setEditable(false);    
@@ -225,4 +227,4 @@ public class SerialMonitor extends JFrame implements MessageConsumer {
         }
       }});
   }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}