diff --git a/src/static/css/style.css b/src/static/css/style.css
index 0e15024..0c2d86d 100644
--- a/src/static/css/style.css
+++ b/src/static/css/style.css
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+:root {
+  --font-size: xx-large;
+}
+
 html {
   font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;
 }
@@ -64,7 +68,7 @@ aside textarea {
   min-height: 15em;
   resize: none;
   overflow: hidden;
-  font-size: xx-large;
+  font-size: var(--font-size);
 }
 
 aside div {
@@ -77,6 +81,7 @@ aside div::after {
   content: attr(data-replicated-value) " ";
   white-space: pre-wrap;
   visibility: hidden;
+  font-size: var(--font-size);
 }
 
 aside div > textarea,
@@ -92,11 +97,14 @@ aside div::after {
     float: unset;
   }
 
+  /* reset other values */
   aside textarea {
-    /* reset other values */
     min-width: inherit;
     font-size: inherit;
   }
+  /* aside div::after {
+    font-size: inherit;
+  } */
 }
 
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