diff --git a/kivy/core/text/text_sdlttf.pyx b/kivy/core/text/text_sdlttf.pyx
index 1a3851318..74060623a 100644
--- a/kivy/core/text/text_sdlttf.pyx
+++ b/kivy/core/text/text_sdlttf.pyx
@@ -103,8 +103,7 @@ cdef TTF_Font *_get_font(self):
         fontname = self.options['font_name_r']
         ext = fontname.split('.')[-1]
         if ext.lower() == 'ttf':
-            fontobject = TTF_OpenFont(fontname,
-                            int(self.options['font_size'] * 1.333))
+            fontobject = TTF_OpenFont(fontname, int(self.options['font_size']))
 
         # fallback to search a system font
         if fontobject == NULL: