diff --git a/Window.py b/Window.py
index 1f58eb1..f6f2aa5 100755
--- a/Window.py
+++ b/Window.py
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import imaplib
 class Window(object):
     def __init__(self, title, conf):
         self.conf = conf
+        self.count = 0
         self.connection = None
 
         if not 'width' in self.conf:
@@ -18,6 +19,8 @@ class Window(object):
             self.conf['updaterate'] = 5000
         if not 'bgcolor' in self.conf:
             self.conf['bgcolor'] = (1.0, 0.5, 0.0)
+        if not 'font_size' in self.conf:
+            self.conf['font_size'] = 18
         sticky = True
         if 'sticky' in self.conf:
             sticky = self.conf['sticky']
@@ -76,13 +79,20 @@ class Window(object):
             try:
                 self.connection.select(self.conf['mailbox'])
                 msgs = self.connection.search(None, 'UnSeen')[1][0].split()
-                count = len(msgs)
-                self.label.set_text(str(count))
+                self.count = len(msgs)
             except:
                 self.connection = None
-                self.label.set_text('-')
+        self.update_count()
         return self.connection is not None
 
+    def update_count(self):
+        if self.connection is None:
+            self.label.set_text('-')
+        else:
+            self.label.set_markup(
+                    ('<span font_weight="bold" font_size="%d">%d</span>'
+                        % (1024 * self.conf['font_size'], self.count)))
+
     def destroy_event(self):
         self.disconnect()
         self.update_conf()