diff --git a/crereader.lua b/crereader.lua
index 458095732..4ea3a0990 100644
--- a/crereader.lua
+++ b/crereader.lua
@@ -317,9 +317,12 @@ function CREReader:adjustCreReaderCommands()
 		"increase/decrease font size",
 		function(self)
 			local delta = 1
+			local change = "increase"
 			if keydef.keycode == KEY_PGBCK or keydef.keycode == KEY_LPGBCK then
 				delta = -1
+				change = "decrease"
 			end
+			InfoMessage:show(change.." font size", 0)
 			self.doc:zoomFont(delta)
 			self:redrawCurrentPage()
 		end
@@ -373,12 +376,12 @@ function CREReader:adjustCreReaderCommands()
 
 			local item_no = fonts_menu:choose(0, G_height)
 			debug(face_list[item_no])
+			Screen:restoreFromSavedBB()
 			if item_no then
 				self.doc:setFontFace(face_list[item_no])
 				self.font_face = face_list[item_no]
 				InfoMessage:show("Redrawing with "..face_list[item_no], 0)
 			end
-			Screen:restoreFromSavedBB()
 			self:redrawCurrentPage()
 		end
 	)
diff --git a/unireader.lua b/unireader.lua
index 81cef0f3f..80f2d25eb 100644
--- a/unireader.lua
+++ b/unireader.lua
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ UniReader = {
 	pan_by_page = false, -- using shift_[xy] or width/height
 	pan_x = 0, -- top-left offset of page when pan activated
 	pan_y = 0,
-	pan_margin = 20, -- horizontal margin for two-column zoom
+	pan_margin = 5, -- horizontal margin for two-column zoom (in pixels)
 	pan_overlap_vertical = 30,
 	show_overlap = 0,
 
@@ -1260,13 +1260,11 @@ function UniReader:setzoom(page, preCache)
 		or self.globalzoom_mode == self.ZOOM_FIT_TO_CONTENT_HALF_WIDTH_MARGIN then
 		local margin = self.pan_margin
 		if self.globalzoom_mode == self.ZOOM_FIT_TO_CONTENT_HALF_WIDTH then margin = 0 end
-		local pg_margin = 0 -- margin scaled to page size
-		if margin > 0 then pg_margin = margin * 2 / self.globalzoom end
-		self.globalzoom = width / (x1 - x0 + pg_margin)
+		self.globalzoom = width / (x1 - x0 + margin)
 		self.offset_x = -1 * x0 * self.globalzoom * 2 + margin
-		self.globalzoom = height / (y1 - y0 + pg_margin)
+		self.globalzoom = height / (y1 - y0 + margin)
 		self.offset_y = -1 * y0 * self.globalzoom * 2 + margin
-		self.globalzoom = width / (x1 - x0 + pg_margin) * 2
+		self.globalzoom = width / (x1 - x0 + margin) * 2
 		debug("column mode offset:", self.offset_x, self.offset_y, " zoom:", self.globalzoom);
 		self.globalzoom_mode = self.ZOOM_BY_VALUE -- enable pan mode
 		self.pan_x = self.offset_x