diff --git a/source/glest_game/global/core_data.cpp b/source/glest_game/global/core_data.cpp
index c2b2ee3f..89cae1d0 100644
--- a/source/glest_game/global/core_data.cpp
+++ b/source/glest_game/global/core_data.cpp
@@ -344,6 +344,9 @@ int CoreData::computeFontSize(int size) {
 	}
 	//FontSizeAdjustment
 	rs += config.getInt("FontSizeAdjustment");
+	if(Font::forceLegacyFonts == false) {
+		rs += Font::baseSize; //basesize only for new font system
+	}
 	if(Font::forceLegacyFonts == true) {
 		if(rs < 10) {
 			rs= 10;
diff --git a/source/glest_game/graphics/renderer.cpp b/source/glest_game/graphics/renderer.cpp
index 16ee4561..8e625f21 100644
--- a/source/glest_game/graphics/renderer.cpp
+++ b/source/glest_game/graphics/renderer.cpp
@@ -1445,20 +1445,25 @@ Vec2f Renderer::getCentered3DPos(const string &text, Font3D *font, Vec2f &pos, i
 		pos.x += ((w / 2.f) - (lineWidth / 2.f));
 	}
 
-	//h /= 2.f;
 	float lineHeight = (font->getTextHandler()->LineHeight(text.c_str()) * Font::scaleFontValue);
-	if(lineHeight < h) {
-		//pos.y += ((float)h / 2.f);
-		//pos.y -= ((float(h) / 2.f) - (lineHeight / 2.f));
-		pos.y += (lineHeight / 2.f) + FontMetrics::DEFAULT_Y_OFFSET_FACTOR;
-		//pos.y -= h;
-		//printf("Center text [%s] h = %d, lineHeight = %f, pos.y = %f\n",text.c_str(),h,lineHeight,pos.y);
+	lineHeight= lineHeight / (2.f + 0.2f * FontMetrics::DEFAULT_Y_OFFSET_FACTOR);
+	pos.y += (h / 2.f) - (lineHeight / 2.f);
+
+//	//h /= 2.f;
+//	float lineHeight = (font->getTextHandler()->LineHeight(text.c_str()) * Font::scaleFontValue);
+//	if(lineHeight < h) {
+//		//pos.y += ((float)h / 2.f);
+//		//pos.y -= ((float(h) / 2.f) - (lineHeight / 2.f));
+//		pos.y += (lineHeight / 2.f) + FontMetrics::DEFAULT_Y_OFFSET_FACTOR;
+//		//pos.y -= h;
+//		//printf("Center text [%s] h = %d, lineHeight = %f, pos.y = %f\n",text.c_str(),h,lineHeight,pos.y);
+//
+//		//printf("Center text [%s] h = %d, lineHeight = %f, pos.y = %f\n",text.c_str(),h,lineHeight,pos.y);
+//	}
+//	else {
+//		pos.y += ((float)h / 2.f) - FontMetrics::DEFAULT_Y_OFFSET_FACTOR;
+//	}
 
-		//printf("Center text [%s] h = %d, lineHeight = %f, pos.y = %f\n",text.c_str(),h,lineHeight,pos.y);
-	}
-	else {
-		pos.y += ((float)h / 2.f) - FontMetrics::DEFAULT_Y_OFFSET_FACTOR;
-	}
 	return pos;
 }
 
diff --git a/source/glest_game/main/main.cpp b/source/glest_game/main/main.cpp
index f9e98a44..e8635095 100644
--- a/source/glest_game/main/main.cpp
+++ b/source/glest_game/main/main.cpp
@@ -2559,6 +2559,7 @@ int glestMain(int argc, char** argv) {
 		Font::fontTypeName 		= config.getString("FONT_TYPENAME",Font::fontTypeName.c_str());
 		Font::fontIsMultibyte 	= config.getBool("FONT_MULTIBYTE",intToStr(Font::fontIsMultibyte).c_str());
 		Font::fontIsRightToLeft	= config.getBool("FONT_RIGHTTOLEFT",intToStr(Font::fontIsRightToLeft).c_str());
+		Font::baseSize			= config.getInt("FONT_BASE_SIZE",intToStr(Font::baseSize).c_str());
 
 		// Example values:
 		// DEFAULT_CHARSET (English) = 1
@@ -2648,7 +2649,11 @@ int glestMain(int argc, char** argv) {
     	}
 
         lang.loadStrings(language);
-
+        if(	lang.hasString("FONT_BASE_SIZE")) {
+        			// 256 for English
+        			// 30000 for Chinese
+        			Font::baseSize    = strToInt(lang.get("FONT_BASE_SIZE"));
+        }
         if(	lang.hasString("FONT_CHARCOUNT")) {
 			// 256 for English
 			// 30000 for Chinese
diff --git a/source/shared_lib/include/graphics/font.h b/source/shared_lib/include/graphics/font.h
index c0f7b208..4fcb7c07 100644
--- a/source/shared_lib/include/graphics/font.h
+++ b/source/shared_lib/include/graphics/font.h
@@ -66,6 +66,7 @@ public:
 	static bool forceLegacyFonts;
 	static bool fontIsRightToLeft;
 	static float scaleFontValue;
+	static int baseSize;
 	//static int scaleFontYOffset;
 	
 public:
diff --git a/source/shared_lib/sources/graphics/font.cpp b/source/shared_lib/sources/graphics/font.cpp
index 424db07f..7799c1bc 100644
--- a/source/shared_lib/sources/graphics/font.cpp
+++ b/source/shared_lib/sources/graphics/font.cpp
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ bool Font::forceLegacyFonts					= false;
 float FontMetrics::DEFAULT_Y_OFFSET_FACTOR	= 2.0f;
 bool Font::fontIsRightToLeft				= false;
 float Font::scaleFontValue					= 0.75;
+int Font::baseSize							= 0;
 //int Font::scaleFontYOffset					= 0;
 //