diff --git a/subwave_nowplaying.star b/subwave_nowplaying.star
index 771518b..939d8d3 100644
--- a/subwave_nowplaying.star
+++ b/subwave_nowplaying.star
@@ -266,8 +266,16 @@ def main(config):
         render.Marquee(width = text_width, child = time_temp_text)
     )
 
+    # terminus-16 is exactly double tb-8's height (8px -> 16px) -- also
+    # pixlet's own documented default font for 2x displays, so it's a
+    # natural "the title gets to be genuinely bigger, not just more
+    # pixels" choice for the one line this was asked for, rather than
+    # applying it everywhere (artist/show/time stay tb-8/tom-thumb, same
+    # as before).
+    title_font = "terminus-16" if scale == 2 else "tb-8"
+
     top_lines = [
-        render.Marquee(width = text_width, child = render.Text(now["title"], font = "tb-8", color = colors["text"])),
+        render.Marquee(width = text_width, child = render.Text(now["title"], font = title_font, color = colors["text"])),
         render.Marquee(width = text_width, child = render.Text(now["artist"], font = "tb-8", color = colors["text"])),
         render.Box(width = text_width, height = scale, color = colors["separator"]),
         render.Marquee(width = text_width, child = render.Row(children = show_host_row)),
@@ -297,7 +305,7 @@ def main(config):
             cross_align = "center",
             expanded = True,
             children = [
-                render.Marquee(width = canvas.width(), child = render.Text(now["title"], font = "tb-8", color = colors["text"])),
+                render.Marquee(width = canvas.width(), child = render.Text(now["title"], font = title_font, color = colors["text"])),
                 render.Marquee(width = canvas.width(), child = render.Text(now["artist"], font = "tb-8", color = colors["text"])),
             ],
         )