Question: In the following `Manipulate`, the style (font?) of the *a* changes between when it is a control label and when it is a label in the graphics.

Is there a way to make the 'control a' look like the 'graphics a'?

```
Manipulate[
 Graphics[{
  Style[Text["a", {0, 0}], Italic, 14]},
  Axes -> False, PlotRange -> 3, ImageSize -> {100, 100}, 
  GridLines -> None],

 {{a, 0, Style[Text["a"], Italic, 14]}, 0, 100, 1}] 

```

I can't find anything in the stylesheet, that can help me. I have set the font of `Output` to *'Georgia'*, but I assume that I need to select the font somewhere else too?

Answer: 
Another way to do it; perhaps simpler than Jens method.

```
Manipulate[Graphics[
   {Style[Text["a", {0, 0}], Italic, 14]},
   Axes -> False, PlotRange -> 3, ImageSize -> {100, 100}, GridLines -> None],
 {{a, 0, Style["a", Italic, 14, FontFamily -> "Times"]}, 0, 100, 1}]

```

![manipulate](https://i.stack.imgur.com/X5Tfs.png)
The default form for `Text` in `Graphics` is `TraditionalForm`, but it's not the same in the slider label of `Manipulate`. So you have to hard-code the desired form and also the fonts, if desired. For example, with `Times` font:

```
Manipulate[
 Graphics[{Style[Text["a", {0, 0}], FontFamily -> "Times", Italic, 
    14]}, Axes -> False, PlotRange -> 3, ImageSize -> {100, 100}, 
  GridLines -> None], {{a, 0, 
   DisplayForm@
    FormBox[StyleBox["a", FontFamily -> "Times"], TraditionalForm]}, 
  0, 100, 1}]

```

![fonts](https://i.stack.imgur.com/VbNno.png)