diff --git a/modules/ve-mw/init/styles/ve.init.mw.ViewPageTarget-apex.css b/modules/ve-mw/init/styles/ve.init.mw.ViewPageTarget-apex.css
index 86c5e703b7..7ad7e31e74 100644
--- a/modules/ve-mw/init/styles/ve.init.mw.ViewPageTarget-apex.css
+++ b/modules/ve-mw/init/styles/ve.init.mw.ViewPageTarget-apex.css
@@ -9,10 +9,14 @@
 	margin-top: 0.8em;
 }
 
+.ve-ui-overlay-global {
+	/* Match skin's font-size */
+	font-size: 0.8em;
+}
+
 .ve-init-mw-viewPageTarget-toolbar {
 	margin: -0.6em -3em 0.8em -3em;
 	position: relative;
-	font-size: 1.3em;
 }
 
 .ve-init-mw-viewPageTarget-toolbar .oo-ui-toolbar-bar {
diff --git a/modules/ve-mw/init/styles/ve.init.mw.ViewPageTarget-monobook.css b/modules/ve-mw/init/styles/ve.init.mw.ViewPageTarget-monobook.css
index b8ab7c185f..b7214ff73b 100644
--- a/modules/ve-mw/init/styles/ve.init.mw.ViewPageTarget-monobook.css
+++ b/modules/ve-mw/init/styles/ve.init.mw.ViewPageTarget-monobook.css
@@ -5,16 +5,28 @@
  * @license The MIT License (MIT); see LICENSE.txt
  */
 
+.ve-ui-overlay-global {
+	/* Enforce different font-size for all UI elements of VisualEditor */
+	font-size: 1.28em; /* 0.8em / x-small */
+}
+
+.ve-init-target {
+	/* Enforce different font-size for all UI elements of VisualEditor. The difference is tiny, but
+	   enough to make the icon containers 23.813px rather than 24px and thus the icons blurry */
+	font-size: 1.00787401575em; /* 0.8em / x-small / 127% */
+}
+
+.ve-init-target .ve-ce-surface.mw-body-content,
+.ve-ui-overlay-global .ve-ce-surface.mw-body-content {
+	/* Match skin's font-size for the surface content */
+	font-size: 0.992187499998em; /* 1/1.00787401575 */
+}
+
 .ve-init-mw-viewPageTarget-toolbar {
 	margin: -0.6em -0.8em 1em -0.8em;
-	/* Correct for Monobook's x-small font on the root toolbar */
-	font-size: 1.25em;
-	line-height: 1.5em;
 }
 
 .ve-init-target > .ve-ui-debugBar {
-	/* Correct for Monobook's x-small font */
-	font-size: 1.25em;
 	border-top: 1px solid #ccc;
 }
 
@@ -27,17 +39,6 @@
 	margin: 0.8em -0.8em -0.8em -0.8em;
 }
 
-.ve-ui-overlay {
-	/* Mimic #globalWrapper */
-	font-size: 127%;
-}
-
-.ve-ui-overlay-global,
-.ve-init-mw-viewPageTarget-windowManager-welcome {
-	/* Mimic #globalWrapper + Correct for Monobook's x-small font on the root overlay */
-	font-size: 1.5875em;
-}
-
 .ve-ui-overlay-global {
 	/* So that the overlay always appears over the site logo, search box and personal tools */
 	z-index: 4;
diff --git a/modules/ve-mw/init/styles/ve.init.mw.ViewPageTarget-vector.css b/modules/ve-mw/init/styles/ve.init.mw.ViewPageTarget-vector.css
index 8b7ba80448..099bf148c1 100644
--- a/modules/ve-mw/init/styles/ve.init.mw.ViewPageTarget-vector.css
+++ b/modules/ve-mw/init/styles/ve.init.mw.ViewPageTarget-vector.css
@@ -22,10 +22,18 @@
 	padding: 0 1.143em; /* surface-margin-left (1em) / (mw-body-content font-size) 0.875em */
 }
 
-.ve-init-mw-viewPageTarget-surface .oo-ui-menuSelectWidget {
+.ve-init-target,
+.ve-ui-overlay-global {
+	/* Enforce different font-size for all UI elements of VisualEditor */
 	font-size: 0.8em;
 }
 
+.ve-init-target .ve-ce-surface.mw-body-content,
+.ve-ui-overlay-global .ve-ce-surface.mw-body-content {
+	/* Match skin's font-size for the surface content */
+	font-size: 1.09375em; /* 0.875/0.8 */
+}
+
 .ve-init-mw-viewPageTarget-toolbar {
 	margin: -1em -1em 1em -1em;
 	position: relative;
diff --git a/modules/ve-mw/init/styles/ve.init.mw.ViewPageTarget.css b/modules/ve-mw/init/styles/ve.init.mw.ViewPageTarget.css
index 0876bd2865..639de36e8a 100644
--- a/modules/ve-mw/init/styles/ve.init.mw.ViewPageTarget.css
+++ b/modules/ve-mw/init/styles/ve.init.mw.ViewPageTarget.css
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@
 }
 
 .ve-init-mw-viewPageTarget-toolbar-actions {
-	font-size: 0.8em;
 	vertical-align: top;
 	padding: 0.25em;
 }
diff --git a/modules/ve-mw/ui/themes/vector/ve.ui.MWFormatTool.css b/modules/ve-mw/ui/themes/vector/ve.ui.MWFormatTool.css
index 438c8c960a..21b5f9d1a0 100644
--- a/modules/ve-mw/ui/themes/vector/ve.ui.MWFormatTool.css
+++ b/modules/ve-mw/ui/themes/vector/ve.ui.MWFormatTool.css
@@ -11,19 +11,19 @@
 }
 
 .oo-ui-menuToolGroup .oo-ui-tool-name-heading1 .oo-ui-tool-title {
-	font-size: 144%; /* 0.8 * 180% */
+	font-size: 180%;
 }
 
 .oo-ui-menuToolGroup .oo-ui-tool-name-heading2 .oo-ui-tool-title {
-	font-size: 120%; /* 0.8 * 150% */
+	font-size: 150%;
 }
 
 .oo-ui-menuToolGroup .oo-ui-tool-name-heading3 .oo-ui-tool-title {
-	font-size: 94%; /* 0.8 * 117% */
+	font-size: 117%;
 }
 
 .oo-ui-menuToolGroup .oo-ui-tool-name-heading4 .oo-ui-tool-title,
 .oo-ui-menuToolGroup .oo-ui-tool-name-heading5 .oo-ui-tool-title,
 .oo-ui-menuToolGroup .oo-ui-tool-name-heading6 .oo-ui-tool-title {
-	font-size: 80%; /* 0.8 * 100% */
+	font-size: 100%;
 }