diff --git a/src/hb-coretext.cc b/src/hb-coretext.cc
index 8219284dc2bc8ce7a93e784d67e6fb0208e2a1e4..432e0cc125578663a507c796956f31dd7306aaed 100644
--- a/src/hb-coretext.cc
+++ b/src/hb-coretext.cc
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
 #define HB_DEBUG_CORETEXT (HB_DEBUG+0)
 #endif
 
-#define HB_CORETEXT_FONT_SIZE 18.0
+#define HB_CORETEXT_FONT_SIZE 12.0
 
 static void
 release_table_data (void *user_data)