diff --git a/src/widgets/qtextedit.cpp b/src/widgets/qtextedit.cpp
index 9507d4f0..67703f34 100644
--- a/src/widgets/qtextedit.cpp
+++ b/src/widgets/qtextedit.cpp
@@ -5774,7 +5774,12 @@ void TQTextEdit::setFont( const TQFont &f )
 void TQTextEdit::zoomIn( int range )
 {
     TQFont f( TQScrollView::font() );
-    f.setPointSize( TQFontInfo(f).pointSize() + range );
+    TQFontInfo fi(f);
+    if (fi.pointSize() <= 0) {
+       f.setPixelSize( fi.pixelSize() + range );
+    } else {
+       f.setPointSize( fi.pointSize() + range );
+    }
     setFont( f );
 }
 
@@ -5789,7 +5794,12 @@ void TQTextEdit::zoomIn( int range )
 void TQTextEdit::zoomOut( int range )
 {
     TQFont f( TQScrollView::font() );
-    f.setPointSize( TQMAX( 1, TQFontInfo(f).pointSize() - range ) );
+    TQFontInfo fi(f);
+    if (fi.pointSize() <= 0) {
+       f.setPixelSize( TQMAX( 1, fi.pixelSize() - range ) );
+    } else {
+       f.setPointSize( TQMAX( 1, fi.pointSize() - range ) );
+    }
     setFont( f );
 }