diff --git a/editor.search/src/org/netbeans/modules/editor/search/SearchComboBoxEditor.java b/editor.search/src/org/netbeans/modules/editor/search/SearchComboBoxEditor.java
--- a/editor.search/src/org/netbeans/modules/editor/search/SearchComboBoxEditor.java
+++ b/editor.search/src/org/netbeans/modules/editor/search/SearchComboBoxEditor.java
@@ -74,7 +74,8 @@
         editorPane.setFocusTraversalKeys(KeyboardFocusManager.FORWARD_TRAVERSAL_KEYS, tfkeys);
         tfkeys = referenceTextField.getFocusTraversalKeys(KeyboardFocusManager.BACKWARD_TRAVERSAL_KEYS);
         editorPane.setFocusTraversalKeys(KeyboardFocusManager.BACKWARD_TRAVERSAL_KEYS, tfkeys);
-        editorPane.setFont(referenceTextField.getFont());
+        Font referenceFont = referenceTextField.getFont();
+        editorPane.setFont(new Font(referenceFont.getFontName(), referenceFont.getStyle(), referenceFont.getSize() + 1));
         final Insets margin = referenceTextField.getMargin();
         final Insets borderInsets = referenceTextField.getBorder().getBorderInsets(referenceTextField);
         
@@ -174,6 +175,8 @@
         editorPane.setBorder (
             new EmptyBorder (0, 0, 0, 0)
         );     
+        Font referenceFont = referenceTextField.getFont();
+        editorPane.setFont(new Font(referenceFont.getFontName(), referenceFont.getStyle(), referenceFont.getSize()));
         editorPane.setBackground(referenceTextField.getBackground());
     }