This is intended. It was designed like this since this menu's inception (2010), and the fact that it briefly used the main font size in all of its components was a regression that got fixed recently. Read bug 1080076 (comment 5) and https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Sound#Indicator_and_menu. Also... I don't really agree it's uglier this way...
** Changed in: indicator-sound (Ubuntu) Status: New => Opinion -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of DX Packages, which is subscribed to indicator-sound in Ubuntu. Matching subscriptions: dx-packages https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1314818 Title: Tiny fonts in indicator-sound Status in “indicator-sound” package in Ubuntu: Opinion Bug description: This issue happen after install and short used a "gnome-flashback" session. For better look what a happen please look a screen: http://i.imgur.com/Xa3GaSw.png It's annoying! And ugly. I try a guest session, which a this issue happen there. Yes. It's happen. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/indicator-sound/+bug/1314818/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~dx-packages Post to : dx-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~dx-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp