diff --git a/docs.tex b/docs.tex
index 9a1e9c930a1e027b27dda46860272d260dc4217b..3ee056a5a9f4f8a7fdd266e6c318067eb695983e 100644
--- a/docs.tex
+++ b/docs.tex
@@ -182,7 +182,7 @@ Wider pictures should be placed with \verb"\widePic{s1}", and they will appear o
 The map function works like \verb"\widePic", but for maps.
 You can add a list of coordinates, and the names or number-labels to place on those coordinates.
 
-\mapPic{../config/images/l1}{0.8/0.8/Toptown, 0.2/0.75/Leftown,0.8/0.6/2}
+\mapPic[\large]{../config/images/l1}{0.8/0.8/\Huge Toptown, 0.2/0.75/Leftown,0.8/0.6/2}
 
 Imagine the shield image is a map to be labelled.
 We can start by putting `Toptown' at the top.
@@ -200,6 +200,12 @@ We can even add commands, such as \verb"\ref{basement}" to get some number assoc
   \mapPic{../config/images/l1}{0.8/0.8/Toptown, 0.2/0.75/Leftown,0.8/0.6/2}
 \end{verbatim}
 
+An optional argument allows default size changes for the words, and as usual words can change their sizes individually.
+
+\begin{verbatim}
+  \mapPic[\small]{../config/images/l1}{0.8/0.8/\large Toptown, 0.2/0.75/Leftown,0.8/0.6/\ref{basement}}
+\end{verbatim}
+
 \subsection{Symbols}
 
 \begin{tabularx}{\linewidth}{Xcc}
diff --git a/layout.sty b/layout.sty
index e36e5cdb720083ddb3ce1772162c0a90418d5520..bf9a211975d6b12ef4a97a13b090ef57835046fd 100644
--- a/layout.sty
+++ b/layout.sty
@@ -260,24 +260,24 @@ bookmarks=true]%
   \end{figure*}
 }
 
-\newcommand\mapLegend[3]{
-  \node [black, font=\bfseries] at (#1,#2) {\huge #3};
+\newcommand\mapLegend[4]{
+  \node [black, font=\bfseries] at (#1,#2) {#4 #3};
 }
 
-\newcommand\mapPic[2]{
+\newcommand\mapPic[3][\Huge]{
   \begin{figure*}[t!]
   \begin{tikzpicture}[every shadow/.style={
       shadow blur invert,
       shadow xshift=-1pt,
       shadow yshift=-3pt
   }]
-      \node[anchor=south west,inner sep=0] (image) at (0,0) {\includesvg[width=\textwidth]{images/#1}};
+      \node[anchor=south west,inner sep=0] (image) at (0,0) {\includesvg[width=\textwidth]{images/#2}};
       \begin{scope}[
           x={(image.south east)},
           y={(image.north west)}
       ]
-          \foreach \mX/\mY/\mNum in {#2}{
-            \mapLegend{\mX}{\mY}{\mNum}
+          \foreach \mX/\mY/\mNum in {#3}{
+            \mapLegend{\mX}{\mY}{\mNum}{#1}
           }
       \end{scope}
   \end{tikzpicture}