diff --git a/sw/ground_segment/cockpit/Paparazzi/Horizon.pm b/sw/ground_segment/cockpit/Paparazzi/Horizon.pm
index cffb52a68f..3e6fc650ef 100644
--- a/sw/ground_segment/cockpit/Paparazzi/Horizon.pm
+++ b/sw/ground_segment/cockpit/Paparazzi/Horizon.pm
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ sub build_gui {
 
   # pitch scale
   $self->{y_per_deg} = $radius / 30;
-  my $v_tick_font = '-adobe-helvetica-bold-o-normal--12-240-100-100-p-182-iso8859-1';
+  my $v_tick_font = Paparazzi::GuiConfig::get_resource('default', 'small_font');
   my $i;
   for ($i=-16; $i <= 16; $i++) {
     my $angle = $i*2.5;
diff --git a/sw/ground_segment/cockpit/Paparazzi/LensScale.pm b/sw/ground_segment/cockpit/Paparazzi/LensScale.pm
index e3ad9317b5..6e0d92cd7b 100644
--- a/sw/ground_segment/cockpit/Paparazzi/LensScale.pm
+++ b/sw/ground_segment/cockpit/Paparazzi/LensScale.pm
@@ -16,12 +16,6 @@ sub populate {
 		   );
 }
 
-#sub completeinit {
-#  my $self = shift;
-#  $self->SUPER::completeinit;
-##  $self->build_gui();
-#}
-
 use constant VZ_WIDTH => 8;
 use constant MAX_VZ => 2. ;
 
@@ -32,7 +26,6 @@ sub vz {
   my $h = $self->get('-height');
   my $y = $new_vz * $h / 2 / MAX_VZ;
   $zinc->coords($self->{vz_itemclip}, [0, 0, VZ_WIDTH, -$y]);
-
 }
 
 sub value() {
@@ -93,7 +86,7 @@ sub build_gui {
 	     -linecolor => 'yellow',
 	     -filled => 0);
 
-  my $font = '-adobe-helvetica-bold-o-normal--16-240-100-100-p-182-iso8859-1';
+  my $font = Paparazzi::GuiConfig::get_resource('default', 'normal_font');
 
   $self->{fixed_text} = $zinc->add('text', $self->{lens_group},
 				   -position => [$xt, $h/2],
diff --git a/sw/ground_segment/cockpit/Paparazzi/Scale.pm b/sw/ground_segment/cockpit/Paparazzi/Scale.pm
index c1e649db9c..cedf2c0cc0 100644
--- a/sw/ground_segment/cockpit/Paparazzi/Scale.pm
+++ b/sw/ground_segment/cockpit/Paparazzi/Scale.pm
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ if ($self->get('-height') >  $self->get('-width')) {
 		    );
 
   my $nb_ticks = ($self->get('-max_val') - $self->get('-min_val')) / $self->get('-tick_scale');
-  my $tick_font = '-adobe-helvetica-bold-o-normal--18-240-100-100-p-182-iso8859-1';
+  my $tick_font = Paparazzi::GuiConfig::get_resource('default', 'normal_font');
   my $first_tick = $self->get('-periodic') ? -$nb_ticks:0;
   my $last_tick = $self->get('-periodic') ? 2*$nb_ticks:$nb_ticks;
   for (my $tick=$first_tick; $tick<=$last_tick; $tick++) {