Index: applets/digital-clock/package/contents/config/main.xml
===================================================================
--- applets/digital-clock/package/contents/config/main.xml
+++ applets/digital-clock/package/contents/config/main.xml
@@ -26,6 +26,10 @@
       <label>Font family. e.g "arial". The system font is used if this is not set.</label>
       <default></default>
     </entry>
+    <entry name="fontSize" type="double">
+      <label>Font size for the clock.</label>
+      <default>16</default>
+    </entry>
     <entry name="boldText" type="Bool">
       <label>Sets the font to bold.</label>
       <default>false</default>
Index: applets/digital-clock/package/contents/ui/DigitalClock.qml
===================================================================
--- applets/digital-clock/package/contents/ui/DigitalClock.qml
+++ applets/digital-clock/package/contents/ui/DigitalClock.qml
@@ -103,7 +103,12 @@
                 target: contentItem
 
                 height: timeLabel.height + (main.showDate || timezoneLabel.visible ? 0.8 * timeLabel.height : 0)
-                width: Math.max(labelsGrid.width, timezoneLabel.paintedWidth, dateLabel.paintedWidth)
+
+                width: if (main.showDate || main.showLocalTimezone) {
+                            return Math.max(labelsGrid.width, timezoneLabel.paintedWidth, dateLabel.paintedWidth, timeLabel.paintedWidth)
+                        } else {
+                            return timeLabel.paintedWidth
+                        }
             }
 
             PropertyChanges {
@@ -123,8 +128,6 @@
 
                 height: sizehelper.height
                 width: sizehelper.contentWidth
-
-                font.pixelSize: timeLabel.height
             }
 
             PropertyChanges {
@@ -210,8 +213,6 @@
 
                 height: sizehelper.height
                 width: sizehelper.contentWidth
-
-                fontSizeMode: Text.VerticalFit
             }
 
             PropertyChanges {
@@ -469,7 +470,7 @@
                     family: plasmoid.configuration.fontFamily || theme.defaultFont.family
                     weight: plasmoid.configuration.boldText ? Font.Bold : theme.defaultFont.weight
                     italic: plasmoid.configuration.italicText
-                    pixelSize: 1024
+                    pointSize: plasmoid.configuration.fontSize
                 }
                 minimumPixelSize: 1
 
Index: applets/digital-clock/package/contents/ui/configAppearance.qml
===================================================================
--- applets/digital-clock/package/contents/ui/configAppearance.qml
+++ applets/digital-clock/package/contents/ui/configAppearance.qml
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
 import QtQuick.Controls 1.0 as QtControls
 import QtQuick.Layouts 1.0 as QtLayouts
 import org.kde.plasma.calendar 2.0 as PlasmaCalendar
+import org.kde.plasma.core 2.0 as PlasmaCore
 
 Item {
     id: appearancePage
@@ -33,6 +34,7 @@
     signal configurationChanged
 
     property string cfg_fontFamily
+    property alias cfg_fontSize: fontSize.value
     property alias cfg_boldText: boldCheckBox.checked
     property string cfg_timeFormat: ""
     property alias cfg_italicText: italicCheckBox.checked
@@ -80,7 +82,7 @@
             flat: true
 
             QtLayouts.GridLayout { // there's no FormLayout :(
-                columns: 2
+                columns: 3
                 QtLayouts.Layout.fillWidth: true
 
                 QtControls.Label {
@@ -107,14 +109,22 @@
                     }
                 }
 
+                QtControls.SpinBox {
+                    id: fontSize
+                    minimumValue: 8
+                    enabled: plasmoid.formFactor != PlasmaCore.Types.Vertical
+                }
+
                 // spacer, cannot do Qt.AlignTop on the font style label + rowSpan 3, otherwise looks odd
                 Item {
                     QtLayouts.Layout.fillWidth: true
-                    QtLayouts.Layout.rowSpan: 2
+                    QtLayouts.Layout.rowSpan: 1
+                    QtLayouts.Layout.columnSpan: 3
                 }
 
                 QtControls.CheckBox {
                     id: boldCheckBox
+                    QtLayouts.Layout.columnSpan: 3
                     text: i18n("Bold text")
                 }