diff --git a/html/config.js b/html/config.js
index 2836382..2948557 100644
--- a/html/config.js
+++ b/html/config.js
@@ -238,8 +238,15 @@ MapboxAPIKey = null;
 // Only display labels when zoomed in this far:
 //labelZoom = 8;
 //labelZoomGround = 12.5;
+/
+// font family for labels, default bold, could be empty or italic as well
+// labelStyle = 'bold';
+// labelFamily = 'Tahoma, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif';
+// labelScale = 1;
 
-//labelFont = 'bold 12px tahoma';
+// globalScale = 1;
+// userScale = 1;
+// iconScale = 1;
 
 //displayUATasADSB = false;
 //uatNoTISB = true;
diff --git a/html/defaults.js b/html/defaults.js
index a214a05..29debac 100644
--- a/html/defaults.js
+++ b/html/defaults.js
@@ -256,7 +256,19 @@ let utcTimesHistoric = true;
 let labelZoom = 0;
 let labelZoomGround = 14.8;
 
-let labelFont = 'bold 12px tahoma';
+// font family for labels, default bold, could be empty or italic as well
+let labelStyle = 'bold';
+let labelFamily = 'Tahoma, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif';
+let labelScale = 1;
+
+// labelFont this is now generated from the detailed settings above, setting this in config.js won't
+// have ANY effect
+let labelFont;
+
+// some scaling for fonts and things
+let globalScale = 1;
+let userScale = 1;
+let iconScale = 1;
 
 let displayUATasADSB = false;
 let uatNoTISB = false;
diff --git a/html/script.js b/html/script.js
index 5b7e07b..a973ff6 100644
--- a/html/script.js
+++ b/html/script.js
@@ -97,10 +97,6 @@ let traceDate = null;
 let traceDateString = null;
 let traceOpts = {};
 let icaoParam = null;
-let globalScale = 1;
-let userScale = 1;
-let iconScale = 1;
-let labelScale = 1;
 let newWidth = lineWidth;
 let SiteOverride = (SiteLat != null && SiteLon != null);
 let onJumpInput = null;
@@ -5643,7 +5639,7 @@ function setGlobalScale(scale, init) {
     globalScale = scale;
     document.documentElement.style.setProperty("--SCALE", globalScale);
 
-    labelFont = "bold " + (12 * globalScale * labelScale) + "px/" + (14 * globalScale * labelScale) + "px Tahoma, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif";
+    labelFont = `${labelStyle} ${(12 * globalScale * labelScale)}px/${(14 * globalScale * labelScale)}px ${labelFamily}`;
 
     checkScale();
     setLineWidth();