diff --git a/pelita/ui/tk_canvas.py b/pelita/ui/tk_canvas.py
index 3048efc16..5a21a4f94 100644
--- a/pelita/ui/tk_canvas.py
+++ b/pelita/ui/tk_canvas.py
@@ -512,6 +512,7 @@ def draw_grid(self, redraw):
 
         # we don’t use scaling for the grid width currently
         grid_width = 0.01
+        grid_width = - (self.mesh_graph.mesh_to_screen_x(0, 0) - self.mesh_graph.mesh_to_screen_x(0, 0.1))
 
         def draw_line(x0, y0, x1, y1):
             x0_ = self.mesh_graph.mesh_to_screen_x(x0, 0)
@@ -876,12 +877,22 @@ def status(team_idx):
 
         left_status = status(0)
         right_status = status(1)
-        status_font_size = max(font_size - 5, 3)
+
+
+        status_font_size = guess_size(f" {left_status}  {right_status} ",
+                                      self.ui_game_canvas.winfo_width() - 2 * MAZE_PADDING,
+                                      30,
+                                      rel_size = 0)
+
+        # status_font_size = max(font_size - 5, 3)
 
         top = HEADER_MARGIN_TOP
-        status_top = top + font_size + SUBHEADER_MARGIN_TOP
+        SUBHEADER_MARGIN_TOP = tkinter.font.Font(font=(self._default_font, font_size)).metrics('linespace')
+        status_top = top + SUBHEADER_MARGIN_TOP
         padding = MAZE_PADDING
 
+        self.mesh_graph.top_margin = (tkinter.font.Font(font=(self._default_font, font_size)).metrics('linespace') + tkinter.font.Font(font=(self._default_font, status_font_size)).metrics('linespace'))
+
         # middle colon
         self.ui_game_canvas.create_text(center, top, text=":", font=(self._default_font, font_size), fill="black", tags="title", anchor=tkinter.N)
 
diff --git a/pelita/ui/tk_viewer.py b/pelita/ui/tk_viewer.py
index 88c0e4203..7a7aeb3c8 100644
--- a/pelita/ui/tk_viewer.py
+++ b/pelita/ui/tk_viewer.py
@@ -98,6 +98,12 @@ def __init__(self, address, controller_address=None, standalone_mode=False,
     def run(self):
         try:
             self.root = tkinter.Tk()
+            # self.root.tk.call('tk', 'scaling', 2.0)
+            font = tkinter.font.Font(size=10)
+            text_width = font.measure("m")
+            text_height = tkinter.font.Font(size=10).metrics('linespace')
+            scale = text_height / 16
+            print(text_width, text_height)
         except tkinter.TclError as e:
             _logger.error('TclError: %s. Exiting.', e)
             if self.controller_address:
@@ -112,7 +118,7 @@ def run(self):
         if self.fullscreen:
             self.root.attributes('-fullscreen',True)
         else:
-            root_geometry = str(self.geometry[0])+'x'+str(self.geometry[1])
+            root_geometry = f"{(self.geometry[0] * scale):.0f}x{(self.geometry[1] * scale):.0f}"
             # put the root window in some sensible position
             self.root.geometry(root_geometry+'+40+40')