diff --git a/converter-sbml/src/main/java/lcsb/mapviewer/converter/model/sbml/SbmlElementExporter.java b/converter-sbml/src/main/java/lcsb/mapviewer/converter/model/sbml/SbmlElementExporter.java
index 530dfa9c7116c1a663d81f6d588fe66aeaf38a87..f7c76e9eaa11536becff6706d3b3a4e073e5e7d9 100644
--- a/converter-sbml/src/main/java/lcsb/mapviewer/converter/model/sbml/SbmlElementExporter.java
+++ b/converter-sbml/src/main/java/lcsb/mapviewer/converter/model/sbml/SbmlElementExporter.java
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ public abstract class SbmlElementExporter<T extends Element, S extends org.sbml.
       LocalStyle style = createStyle(element);
       ColorDefinition color = getColorDefinition(element.getColor());
       style.getGroup().setFill(color.getId());
+      style.getGroup().setFontSize(element.getFontSize().shortValue());
 
       assignStyleToGlyph(speciesGlyph, style);
     }
diff --git a/converter-sbml/src/main/java/lcsb/mapviewer/converter/model/sbml/SbmlElementParser.java b/converter-sbml/src/main/java/lcsb/mapviewer/converter/model/sbml/SbmlElementParser.java
index 7657a49468156dc57c5f34117c7a11bd428dbfba..46bad68534a8612417b603b256a9d2825d0e2b27 100644
--- a/converter-sbml/src/main/java/lcsb/mapviewer/converter/model/sbml/SbmlElementParser.java
+++ b/converter-sbml/src/main/java/lcsb/mapviewer/converter/model/sbml/SbmlElementParser.java
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ import lcsb.mapviewer.converter.InvalidInputDataExecption;
 import lcsb.mapviewer.model.map.species.Element;
 
 public abstract class SbmlElementParser<T extends org.sbml.jsbml.Symbol> extends SbmlBioEntityParser {
-  
+
   /**
    * Default class logger.
    */
@@ -122,10 +122,13 @@ public abstract class SbmlElementParser<T extends org.sbml.jsbml.Symbol> extends
   }
 
   protected void applyStyleToElement(Element elementWithLayout, LocalStyle style) {
-    if (style.getGroup().getFill() != null) {
+    if (style.getGroup().isSetFill()) {
       Color backgroundColor = getColorByColorDefinition(style.getGroup().getFill());
       elementWithLayout.setColor(backgroundColor);
     }
+    if (style.getGroup().isSetFontSize()) {
+      elementWithLayout.setFontSize(style.getGroup().getFontSize());
+    }
   }
 
   protected abstract List<Pair<String, AbstractReferenceGlyph>> getGlyphs();
diff --git a/converter-sbml/src/test/java/lcsb/mapviewer/converter/model/sbml/AllSbmlConverterTests.java b/converter-sbml/src/test/java/lcsb/mapviewer/converter/model/sbml/AllSbmlConverterTests.java
index 89784fc0c02e32376877088930f45b23b968c666..d33aff584abbde603c9d5463425bb289281aaecd 100644
--- a/converter-sbml/src/test/java/lcsb/mapviewer/converter/model/sbml/AllSbmlConverterTests.java
+++ b/converter-sbml/src/test/java/lcsb/mapviewer/converter/model/sbml/AllSbmlConverterTests.java
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ import lcsb.mapviewer.converter.model.sbml.species.AllSbmlSpeciesTests;
     GenericSbmlToXmlParserTest.class,
     CellDesignerToMultiExportTest.class,
     ElementPropertiesExportToMultiTest.class,
+    ElementPropertiesExportToLayoutTest.class,
     MultiParserTest.class,
     ReactionPropertiesExportToMultiTest.class,
     SbmlBioEntityExporterTest.class,
diff --git a/converter-sbml/src/test/java/lcsb/mapviewer/converter/model/sbml/ElementPropertiesExportToLayoutTest.java b/converter-sbml/src/test/java/lcsb/mapviewer/converter/model/sbml/ElementPropertiesExportToLayoutTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..0c062b021cd6e048629aa9089ff53185191af612
--- /dev/null
+++ b/converter-sbml/src/test/java/lcsb/mapviewer/converter/model/sbml/ElementPropertiesExportToLayoutTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,88 @@
+package lcsb.mapviewer.converter.model.sbml;
+
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
+
+import java.io.ByteArrayInputStream;
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.io.InputStream;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.Collection;
+
+import org.apache.log4j.Logger;
+import org.junit.Test;
+import org.junit.runner.RunWith;
+import org.junit.runners.Parameterized;
+import org.junit.runners.Parameterized.Parameters;
+
+import lcsb.mapviewer.converter.ConverterParams;
+import lcsb.mapviewer.model.map.model.Model;
+import lcsb.mapviewer.model.map.model.ModelComparator;
+import lcsb.mapviewer.model.map.model.ModelFullIndexed;
+import lcsb.mapviewer.model.map.species.Element;
+import lcsb.mapviewer.model.map.species.GenericProtein;
+import lcsb.mapviewer.model.map.species.Species;
+
+@RunWith(Parameterized.class)
+public class ElementPropertiesExportToLayoutTest {
+
+  static Logger logger = Logger.getLogger(ElementPropertiesExportToLayoutTest.class.getName());
+
+  private Model model;
+
+  public ElementPropertiesExportToLayoutTest(String propertyName, Model model) {
+    this.model = model;
+  }
+
+  @Parameters(name = "{index} : {0}")
+  public static Collection<Object[]> data() throws IOException {
+    Collection<Object[]> data = new ArrayList<>();
+
+    data.add(createTestEntry("Empty", createElement()));
+
+    Species element = createElement();
+    element.setFontSize(40);
+    data.add(createTestEntry("Font size", element));
+
+    return data;
+  }
+
+  private static Object[] createTestEntry(String string, Element element) {
+    Model result = new ModelFullIndexed(null);
+    result.setIdModel("X");
+    result.setWidth(200);
+    result.setHeight(200);
+    result.addElement(element);
+    return new Object[] { string, result };
+  }
+
+  private static Species createElement() {
+    Species element = new GenericProtein("id");
+    element.setX(10);
+    element.setY(10);
+    element.setWidth(1000);
+    element.setHeight(30);
+    return element;
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void createModelTest() throws Exception {
+    try {
+      SbmlExporter sbmlExporter = new SbmlExporter();
+      SbmlParser sbmlParser = new SbmlParser();
+      String xmlString = sbmlExporter.toXml(model);
+
+      InputStream is = new ByteArrayInputStream(xmlString.getBytes("UTF-8"));
+
+      Model model2 = sbmlParser.createModel(new ConverterParams().inputStream(is).sizeAutoAdjust(false));
+      model2.setName(model.getName());
+
+      ModelComparator comparator = new ModelComparator();
+      assertEquals(0, comparator.compare(model, model2));
+
+    } catch (Exception e) {
+      e.printStackTrace();
+      throw e;
+    }
+  }
+
+}