diff --git a/placenames.mss b/placenames.mss
index ec05e60f74..7c8986014a 100644
--- a/placenames.mss
+++ b/placenames.mss
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@
     [zoom >= 4][score >= 3000000],
     [zoom >= 5][score >= 400000] {
       text-name: "[name]";
-      text-size: 8;
+      text-size: 11;
       text-fill: @placenames;
       text-face-name: @book-fonts;
       text-halo-radius: 1.5;
@@ -74,13 +74,21 @@
       text-wrap-width: 30;
       text-min-distance: 10;
       [zoom >= 5] {
-        text-size: 10;
+        text-size: 11;
         text-wrap-width: 45;
       }
       [zoom >= 6] {
         text-size: 12;
         text-wrap-width: 60;
       }
+      [zoom >= 8] {
+        text-size: 13;
+        text-wrap-width: 60;
+      }
+      [zoom >= 9] {
+        text-size: 14;
+        text-wrap-width: 65;
+      }
       [zoom >= 11] {
         text-size: 15;
         text-wrap-width: 75;
@@ -94,7 +102,7 @@
     [zoom >= 6][score >= 70000],
     [zoom >= 7] {
       text-name: "[name]";
-      text-size: 9;
+      text-size: 10;
       text-fill: @placenames;
       text-face-name: @book-fonts;
       text-halo-radius: 1.5;
@@ -102,7 +110,7 @@
       text-wrap-width: 30;
       text-min-distance: 10;
       [zoom >= 9] {
-        text-size: 11;
+        text-size: 12;
         text-wrap-width: 60;
       }
       [zoom >= 11] {
@@ -121,7 +129,7 @@
   [category = 2] {
     [zoom >= 9][zoom < 16] {
       text-name: "[name]";
-      text-size: 9;
+      text-size: 10;
       text-fill: @placenames;
       text-face-name: @book-fonts;
       text-halo-radius: 1.5;