diff --git a/rtgui/editorpanel.cc b/rtgui/editorpanel.cc
index 71c739937..b7bc6a3ec 100644
--- a/rtgui/editorpanel.cc
+++ b/rtgui/editorpanel.cc
@@ -458,12 +458,21 @@ void EditorPanel::info_toggled () {
 
     const rtengine::ImageMetaData* idata = ipc->getInitialImage()->getMetaData();
     if (idata && idata->hasExif())
-        infoString = Glib::ustring::compose ("%1 %2\nF/%3 %4 sec\n%5: %6\n%7: %8 mm\n", 
-            Glib::ustring(idata->getMake()), Glib::ustring(idata->getModel()),
-            Glib::ustring(idata->apertureToString(idata->getFNumber())), Glib::ustring(idata->shutterToString(idata->getShutterSpeed())),
+//        infoString = Glib::ustring::compose ("%1 %2\nF/%3 %4 sec\n%5: %6\n%7: %8 mm\n", 
+//            Glib::ustring(idata->getMake()), Glib::ustring(idata->getModel()),
+//            Glib::ustring(idata->apertureToString(idata->getFNumber())), Glib::ustring(idata->shutterToString(idata->getShutterSpeed())),
+//            M("QINFO_ISO"), idata->getISOSpeed(),
+//            M("QINFO_FOCALLENGTH"), idata->getFocalLen())
+//            + Glib::ustring::compose ("%1: %2", M("QINFO_LENS"), Glib::ustring(idata->getLens()));
+        infoString = Glib::ustring::compose (
+            "%1 + %2\n<span size=\"xx-large\">%3</span>s  f/<span size=\"xx-large\">%4</span>  %5<span size=\"xx-large\">%6</span>  f=<span size=\"xx-large\">%7</span>mm",
+            Glib::ustring(idata->getModel()),
+            Glib::ustring(idata->getLens()),
+            Glib::ustring(idata->shutterToString(idata->getShutterSpeed())),
+            Glib::ustring(idata->apertureToString(idata->getFNumber())),
             M("QINFO_ISO"), idata->getISOSpeed(),
-            M("QINFO_FOCALLENGTH"), idata->getFocalLen())
-            + Glib::ustring::compose ("%1: %2", M("QINFO_LENS"), Glib::ustring(idata->getLens()));
+            idata->getFocalLen()
+            );
     else 
         infoString = M("QINFO_NOEXIF");
 
diff --git a/rtgui/imagearea.cc b/rtgui/imagearea.cc
index 6af40e42e..c1196e9b4 100644
--- a/rtgui/imagearea.cc
+++ b/rtgui/imagearea.cc
@@ -111,7 +111,8 @@ void ImageArea::setInfoText (Glib::ustring text) {
     fontd.set_weight (Pango::WEIGHT_BOLD);
     fontd.set_size (12*Pango::SCALE);
     context->set_font_description (fontd);
-    ilayout = create_pango_layout(text);
+    ilayout = create_pango_layout("");
+    ilayout->set_markup(text);
     int iw, ih;
     ilayout->get_pixel_size (iw, ih);  
     ipixbuf = Gdk::Pixbuf::create (Gdk::COLORSPACE_RGB, true, 8, iw+8, ih+8);