diff --git a/src/main/java/writer2latex/util/Calc.java b/src/main/java/writer2latex/util/Calc.java
index 9c28bef..4b173f1 100644
--- a/src/main/java/writer2latex/util/Calc.java
+++ b/src/main/java/writer2latex/util/Calc.java
@@ -104,6 +104,18 @@ public class Calc {
 	        return Float.toString(fPixels>-1 ? -1 : fPixels)+"px";
 	    }
 	}
+	public static final String length2rem(String sLength) {
+	    if (sLength.equals("0")) { return "0"; }
+	    float fLength=getFloat(sLength.substring(0,sLength.length()-2),1);
+	    String sUnit=sLength.substring(sLength.length()-2);
+	    float fPixels = 96.0F/getUpi(sUnit)*fLength;
+	    float rem = fPixels / 16;
+	    if (Math.abs(fPixels)<0.01) {
+	        // Very small, treat as zero
+	        return "0";
+	    }
+	    return Float.toString(rem) + "rem";
+	}
 
 	/** Divide dividend by divisor and return the quotient as an integer percentage
 	 *  (e.g. "0.5cm" divided by "2cm" returns "25%"). 
diff --git a/src/main/java/writer2latex/xhtml/StyleConverterHelper.java b/src/main/java/writer2latex/xhtml/StyleConverterHelper.java
index 48aa04f..94470c4 100644
--- a/src/main/java/writer2latex/xhtml/StyleConverterHelper.java
+++ b/src/main/java/writer2latex/xhtml/StyleConverterHelper.java
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ public abstract class StyleConverterHelper extends ConverterHelper {
             return Calc.length2px(Calc.multiply(sScale,s));
         }
         else {
-            return Calc.multiply(sScale,s);
+            return Calc.length2rem(Calc.multiply(sScale,s));
         }
     }
 	
diff --git a/src/main/java/writer2latex/xhtml/TextStyleConverter.java b/src/main/java/writer2latex/xhtml/TextStyleConverter.java
index ed56ba9..cc84909 100644
--- a/src/main/java/writer2latex/xhtml/TextStyleConverter.java
+++ b/src/main/java/writer2latex/xhtml/TextStyleConverter.java
@@ -318,6 +318,7 @@ public class TextStyleConverter extends StyleWithPropertiesConverterHelper {
                 }
                 if (s!=null) {
                 	if (bRelativeFontSize) {
+                		
                 		String sFontSize = Calc.divide(Calc.multiply(sFontScaling, Calc.multiply(s4,s)), sBaseFontSize);
                 		if (!"100%".equals(sFontSize)) props.addValue("font-size", sFontSize);
                 	}
@@ -333,13 +334,17 @@ public class TextStyleConverter extends StyleWithPropertiesConverterHelper {
                 }
             }
             else if (s!=null) {
+            	
             	if (bRelativeFontSize) {
             		String sFontSize = Calc.divide(Calc.multiply(sFontScaling, s),sBaseFontSize);
-            		if (!"100%".equals(sFontSize)) props.addValue("font-size", sFontSize);
+            		if (!"100%".equals(sFontSize)) {
+            			props.addValue("font-size", sFontSize);
+            		}
             	}
             	else {
             		props.addValue("font-size",scale(s));
             	}
+            	
             }
         }