diff --git a/bigbluebutton-html5/imports/ui/components/chat/message-list/message-list-item/styles.scss b/bigbluebutton-html5/imports/ui/components/chat/message-list/message-list-item/styles.scss
index 3666f2d5d4dee7fc7180e7ac299827ccb5410294..4fb0147dbee1df87b3570f6551576e1bc2bd90f5 100755
--- a/bigbluebutton-html5/imports/ui/components/chat/message-list/message-list-item/styles.scss
+++ b/bigbluebutton-html5/imports/ui/components/chat/message-list/message-list-item/styles.scss
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 @import "/imports/ui/stylesheets/variables/_all";
 
 .item {
-  font-size: $font-size-base * .90;
+  font-size: $font-size-base;
   margin-bottom: $line-height-computed;
 
   &:last-child {
diff --git a/bigbluebutton-html5/imports/ui/stylesheets/variables/typography.scss b/bigbluebutton-html5/imports/ui/stylesheets/variables/typography.scss
index 4cfc353281a56a4cc77a323579839637324d4ed9..9c4e09fcbe6d223a8224eb1ed9e66a7298f98cc3 100644
--- a/bigbluebutton-html5/imports/ui/stylesheets/variables/typography.scss
+++ b/bigbluebutton-html5/imports/ui/stylesheets/variables/typography.scss
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ $font-family-monospace:   Menlo, Monaco, Consolas, "Courier New", monospace !def
 
 $font-family-base:        $font-family-sans-serif !default;
 
-$font-size-base:          1rem !default;
+$font-size-base:          0.9rem !default;
 $font-size-large:         1.25rem !default;
 $font-size-small:         .875rem !default;