diff --git a/config/vufind/config.ini b/config/vufind/config.ini
index 97be2a9a8d94031d8dcbdcf3e9331ce01ee450da..c23260d7a5becc694f8ebc45dbb01b5e4c52ab84 100644
--- a/config/vufind/config.ini
+++ b/config/vufind/config.ini
@@ -676,12 +676,14 @@ authors         = Wikipedia
 ; everything by doing the following: break the title into lines, and if the title
 ; is too long (more than maxTitleLines lines), it will display ellipses at the last
 ; line.
-; All text will be drawn at fontSize using the specified textAlign alignment value,
-; except that author names will be reduced to the minAuthorFontSize option if
-; needed, and if that doesn't make it fit, text will be aligned left and truncated.
+; All text will be drawn using the specified textAlign alignment value using the
+; relevant titleFontSize or authorFontSize setting, except that author names will
+; be reduced to the minAuthorFontSize option if needed, and if that doesn't make
+; it fit, text will be aligned left and truncated.
 ;textAlign = center
-;fontSize = 9
-;minAuthorFontSize = 8
+;titleFontSize = 9
+;authorFontSize = 8
+;minAuthorFontSize = 7
 ;maxTitleLines = 4
 
 ; All color options support the same basic set of values:
diff --git a/module/VuFind/src/VuFind/Cover/Generator.php b/module/VuFind/src/VuFind/Cover/Generator.php
index b0012c402616048197988663f6d0e9edc65c9d5b..0dd2d293dfe421020a1c2c321ffa46dbaf24222c 100644
--- a/module/VuFind/src/VuFind/Cover/Generator.php
+++ b/module/VuFind/src/VuFind/Cover/Generator.php
@@ -113,7 +113,8 @@ class Generator
         $default = [
             'mode'         => 'grid',
             'authorFont'   => 'DroidSerif-Bold.ttf',
-            'fontSize'     => 7,
+            'titleFontSize' => 7,
+            'authorFontSize' => 6,
             'lightness'    => 220,
             'maxTitleLines' => 5,
             'minAuthorFontSize' => 5,
@@ -431,7 +432,7 @@ class Generator
             $textWidth = $this->textWidth(
                 rtrim($line, ' '),
                 $this->settings->titleFont,
-                $this->settings->fontSize
+                $this->settings->titleFontSize
             );
             if ($textWidth > $this->settings->wrapWidth) {
                 // Print black with white border
@@ -439,7 +440,7 @@ class Generator
                     rtrim($pline, ' '),
                     $this->settings->topPadding + $lineHeight * $lineCount,
                     $this->settings->titleFont,
-                    $this->settings->fontSize,
+                    $this->settings->titleFontSize,
                     $this->titleFillColor,
                     $this->titleBorderColor
                 );
@@ -453,7 +454,7 @@ class Generator
             rtrim($line, ' '),
             $this->settings->topPadding + $lineHeight * $lineCount,
             $this->settings->titleFont,
-            $this->settings->fontSize,
+            $this->settings->titleFontSize,
             $this->titleFillColor,
             $this->titleBorderColor
         );
@@ -464,7 +465,7 @@ class Generator
                 $this->settings->topPadding
                 + $this->settings->maxTitleLines * $lineHeight,
                 $this->settings->titleFont,
-                $this->settings->fontSize + 1,
+                $this->settings->titleFontSize + 1,
                 $this->titleFillColor,
                 $this->titleBorderColor
             );
@@ -481,7 +482,7 @@ class Generator
     protected function drawAuthor($author)
     {
         // Scale author to fit by incrementing fontsizes down
-        $fontSize = $this->settings->fontSize;
+        $fontSize = $this->settings->authorFontSize + 1;
         do {
             $fontSize--;
             $textWidth = $this->textWidth(