diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 9eae1a0dc6..257a874d3e 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2008-03-21  Sven Neumann  <sven@gimp.org>
+
+	* app/display/gimpcanvas.c (gimp_canvas_draw_drop_zone): tweaked
+	opacity calculation so that the opacity is only increased with
+	smaller font sizes.
+
 2008-03-21  Sven Neumann  <sven@gimp.org>
 
 	* app/core/gimptemplate.[ch]: moved defines to the header file and
diff --git a/app/display/gimpcanvas.c b/app/display/gimpcanvas.c
index a38745f144..04bf31ad2d 100644
--- a/app/display/gimpcanvas.c
+++ b/app/display/gimpcanvas.c
@@ -862,7 +862,7 @@ gimp_canvas_draw_drop_zone (GimpCanvas *canvas,
                  (widget->allocation.width  / factor - width)  / 2.0,
                  (widget->allocation.height / factor - height) / 2.0);
 
-  opacity = CLAMP (1.0 / factor, 0.10, 1.0);
+  opacity = CLAMP (0.5 / factor, 0.1, 1.0);
 
   cairo_set_source_rgba (cr,
                          color->red   / 65535.0,