diff --git a/client/app/scripts/charts/node.js b/client/app/scripts/charts/node.js
index 4b243e8dd..6d969b37d 100644
--- a/client/app/scripts/charts/node.js
+++ b/client/app/scripts/charts/node.js
@@ -16,6 +16,12 @@ import NodeShapeHex from './node-shape-hex';
 import NodeShapeHeptagon from './node-shape-heptagon';
 import NodeShapeCloud from './node-shape-cloud';
 import NodeNetworksOverlay from './node-networks-overlay';
+import { MIN_NODE_LABEL_SIZE, BASE_NODE_LABEL_SIZE, BASE_NODE_SIZE } from '../constants/styles';
+
+
+function labelFontSize(nodeSize) {
+  return Math.max(MIN_NODE_LABEL_SIZE, (BASE_NODE_LABEL_SIZE / BASE_NODE_SIZE) * nodeSize);
+}
 
 function stackedShape(Shape) {
   const factory = React.createFactory(NodeShapeStack);
@@ -56,6 +62,7 @@ class Node extends React.Component {
     this.handleMouseClick = this.handleMouseClick.bind(this);
     this.handleMouseEnter = this.handleMouseEnter.bind(this);
     this.handleMouseLeave = this.handleMouseLeave.bind(this);
+    this.saveShapeRef = this.saveShapeRef.bind(this);
     this.state = {
       hovered: false,
       matched: false
@@ -77,18 +84,18 @@ class Node extends React.Component {
 
   render() {
     const { blurred, focused, highlighted, label, matches = makeMap(), networks,
-      pseudo, rank, subLabel, scaleFactor, transform, zoomScale, exportingGraph,
+      pseudo, rank, subLabel, scaleFactor, transform, exportingGraph,
       showingNetworks, stack } = this.props;
     const { hovered, matched } = this.state;
     const nodeScale = focused ? this.props.selectedNodeScale : this.props.nodeScale;
 
     const color = getNodeColor(rank, label, pseudo);
     const truncate = !focused && !hovered;
-    const labelTransform = focused ? `scale(${1 / zoomScale})` : '';
     const labelWidth = nodeScale(scaleFactor * 3);
     const labelOffsetX = -labelWidth / 2;
     const labelDy = (showingNetworks && networks) ? 0.75 : 0.60;
-    const labelOffsetY = focused ? nodeScale(labelDy) : nodeScale(labelDy * scaleFactor);
+    const labelOffsetY = nodeScale(labelDy * scaleFactor);
+    const networkOffset = nodeScale(scaleFactor * 0.67);
 
     const nodeClassName = classnames('node', {
       highlighted,
@@ -104,7 +111,7 @@ class Node extends React.Component {
     const NodeShapeType = getNodeShape(this.props);
     const useSvgLabels = exportingGraph;
     const size = nodeScale(scaleFactor);
-    const networkOffset = focused ? nodeScale(scaleFactor * 0.67) : nodeScale(0.67);
+    const fontSize = labelFontSize(size);
     const mouseEvents = {
       onClick: this.handleMouseClick,
       onMouseEnter: this.handleMouseEnter,
@@ -119,8 +126,10 @@ class Node extends React.Component {
           svgLabels(label, subLabel, labelClassName, subLabelClassName, labelOffsetY) :
 
           <foreignObject style={{pointerEvents: 'none'}} x={labelOffsetX} y={labelOffsetY}
-            width={labelWidth} height="100em" transform={labelTransform}>
-            <div className="node-label-wrapper" style={{pointerEvents: 'all'}} {...mouseEvents}>
+            width={labelWidth} height="100em">
+            <div className="node-label-wrapper"
+              style={{pointerEvents: 'all', fontSize, maxWidth: labelWidth}}
+              {...mouseEvents}>
               <div className={labelClassName}>
                 <MatchedText text={label} match={matches.get('label')} />
               </div>
@@ -131,7 +140,7 @@ class Node extends React.Component {
             </div>
           </foreignObject>}
 
-        <g {...mouseEvents}>
+        <g {...mouseEvents} ref={this.saveShapeRef}>
           <NodeShapeType
             size={size}
             color={color}
@@ -144,10 +153,14 @@ class Node extends React.Component {
     );
   }
 
+  saveShapeRef(ref) {
+    this.shapeRef = ref;
+  }
+
   handleMouseClick(ev) {
     ev.stopPropagation();
     this.props.clickNode(this.props.id, this.props.label,
-      ReactDOM.findDOMNode(this).getBoundingClientRect());
+      ReactDOM.findDOMNode(this.shapeRef).getBoundingClientRect());
   }
 
   handleMouseEnter() {
diff --git a/client/app/scripts/charts/nodes-chart.js b/client/app/scripts/charts/nodes-chart.js
index 19f949190..2a13d35eb 100644
--- a/client/app/scripts/charts/nodes-chart.js
+++ b/client/app/scripts/charts/nodes-chart.js
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ import timely from 'timely';
 
 import { clickBackground } from '../actions/app-actions';
 import { EDGE_ID_SEPARATOR } from '../constants/naming';
-import { DETAILS_PANEL_WIDTH } from '../constants/styles';
+import { DETAILS_PANEL_WIDTH, MAX_NODE_SIZE } from '../constants/styles';
 import Logo from '../components/logo';
 import { doLayout } from './nodes-layout';
 import NodesChartElements from './nodes-chart-elements';
@@ -370,7 +370,7 @@ class NodesChart extends React.Component {
   getNodeScale(nodes, width, height) {
     const expanse = Math.min(height, width);
     const nodeSize = expanse / 3; // single node should fill a third of the screen
-    const maxNodeSize = expanse / 10;
+    const maxNodeSize = Math.min(MAX_NODE_SIZE, expanse / 10);
     const normalizedNodeSize = Math.min(nodeSize / Math.sqrt(nodes.size), maxNodeSize);
     return this.state.nodeScale.copy().range([0, normalizedNodeSize]);
   }
diff --git a/client/app/scripts/constants/styles.js b/client/app/scripts/constants/styles.js
index c6f6d1c71..290cc0043 100644
--- a/client/app/scripts/constants/styles.js
+++ b/client/app/scripts/constants/styles.js
@@ -17,3 +17,11 @@ export const CANVAS_MARGINS = {
   right: 40,
   bottom: 100,
 };
+
+//
+// The base size the shapes were defined at matches nicely w/ a 14px font.
+//
+export const BASE_NODE_SIZE = 64;
+export const MAX_NODE_SIZE = 96;
+export const BASE_NODE_LABEL_SIZE = 14;
+export const MIN_NODE_LABEL_SIZE = BASE_NODE_LABEL_SIZE;
diff --git a/client/app/styles/main.less b/client/app/styles/main.less
index cab55b311..c03e953b7 100644
--- a/client/app/styles/main.less
+++ b/client/app/styles/main.less
@@ -368,10 +368,15 @@ h2 {
 
     .node-label {
       color: @text-color;
-      font-size: 14px;
     }
 
     .node-label-wrapper {
+
+      //
+      // Base line height doesn't hop across foreignObject =/
+      //
+      line-height: 150%;
+
       //
       // inline-block so wrapper is only as wide as content.
       //
@@ -390,7 +395,7 @@ h2 {
 
     .node-sublabel {
       color: @text-secondary-color;
-      font-size: 12px;
+      font-size: 0.85em;
     }
 
     &.hovered {
@@ -547,7 +552,7 @@ h2 {
   text-align: center;
 
   &-match {
-    font-size: 0.7rem;
+    font-size: 0.8em;
 
     &-wrapper {
       display: inline-block;
@@ -564,7 +569,7 @@ h2 {
 
   &-more {
     text-transform: uppercase;
-    font-size: 0.6rem;
+    font-size: 0.7em;
     color: darken(@weave-blue, 10%);
     margin-top: -2px;
   }
@@ -1162,6 +1167,7 @@ h2 {
   }
 
   &-wrapper {
+    pointer-events: all;
     border-radius: @border-radius;
     border: 1px solid @background-darker-color;
     display: inline-block;
@@ -1275,6 +1281,7 @@ h2 {
   font-size: .7rem;
   border-radius: 8px;
   border: 1px solid transparent;
+  pointer-events: none;
 }
 
 .sidebar-gridmode {