diff --git a/lib/draw/TextRenderer.js b/lib/draw/TextRenderer.js
index c87ef39..f6244e9 100644
--- a/lib/draw/TextRenderer.js
+++ b/lib/draw/TextRenderer.js
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import { assign } from 'min-dash';
 
 import TextUtil from 'diagram-js/lib/util/Text';
 
-var DEFAULT_FONT_SIZE = 12;
+var DEFAULT_FONT_SIZE = 16;
 var LINE_HEIGHT_RATIO = 1.2;
 
 
diff --git a/lib/features/label-editing/LabelEditingProvider.js b/lib/features/label-editing/LabelEditingProvider.js
index bd0631e..199e633 100644
--- a/lib/features/label-editing/LabelEditingProvider.js
+++ b/lib/features/label-editing/LabelEditingProvider.js
@@ -274,6 +274,13 @@ LabelEditingProvider.prototype.getEditingBBox = function(element) {
   }
 
 
+  // transparent edit box
+  if (isAny(element, [ 'postit:Postit' ])) {
+    assign(style, {
+      backgroundColor: 'transparent'
+    });
+  }
+
   return { bounds: bounds, style: style };
 };