diff --git a/.Xdefaults b/.Xdefaults
index 968aa6d..755f19c 100644
--- a/.Xdefaults
+++ b/.Xdefaults
@@ -61,8 +61,8 @@ urxvt*urlLauncher:     firefox
 urxvt*matcher.button:  1
 
 ! Appearance
-urxvt.font: xft:DejaVu Sans Mono:weight=medium:pixelsize=16
-urxvt.boldFont: xft:DejaVu Sans Mono:weight=black:pixelsize=16
+urxvt.font: xft:DejaVu Sans Mono:weight=medium:pixelsize=14
+urxvt.boldFont: xft:DejaVu Sans Mono:weight=black:pixelsize=14
 urxvt.transparent: true
 
 xterm*faceName: -misc-tamsyn-medium-r-normal-*-17-*-*-*-*-*-iso8859-*