diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index bd6d35f..deb2094 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ install_requires =
 setup_requires = setuptools_scm
 tests_require =
     jaconv
-    tox
+    tox>=4.11
     pytest>=7.4
     pytest-cov
     pytest-mock
diff --git a/src/escpos/escpos.py b/src/escpos/escpos.py
index be2f815..d0c7293 100644
--- a/src/escpos/escpos.py
+++ b/src/escpos/escpos.py
@@ -872,6 +872,7 @@ class Escpos(object):
         invert: Optional[bool] = None,
         smooth: Optional[bool] = None,
         flip: Optional[bool] = None,
+        normal_textsize: Optional[bool] = None,
         double_width: Optional[bool] = None,
         double_height: Optional[bool] = None,
         custom_size: Optional[bool] = None,
@@ -891,6 +892,7 @@ class Escpos(object):
             special values 'a' or 'b', referring to fonts 0 and 1.
         :param bold: text in bold
         :param underline: underline mode for text, decimal range 0-2
+        :param normal_textsize: switch to normal textsize if True
         :param double_height: doubles the height of the text
         :param double_width: doubles the width of the text
         :param custom_size: uses custom size specified by width and height
@@ -902,7 +904,7 @@ class Escpos(object):
         :param smooth: True enables text smoothing. Effective on 4x4 size text and larger
         :param flip: True enables upside-down printing
         """
-        if custom_size is not None and custom_size:
+        if custom_size:
             if (
                 isinstance(width, int)
                 and isinstance(height, int)
@@ -913,7 +915,7 @@ class Escpos(object):
                 self._raw(TXT_SIZE + six.int2byte(size_byte))
             else:
                 raise SetVariableError()
-        elif custom_size is not None:
+        elif normal_textsize or double_height or double_width:
             self._raw(TXT_NORMAL)
             if double_width and double_height:
                 self._raw(TXT_STYLE["size"]["2x"])
@@ -924,6 +926,7 @@ class Escpos(object):
             else:
                 self._raw(TXT_STYLE["size"]["normal"])
         else:
+            # no text size handling requested
             pass
 
         if flip is not None:
@@ -993,6 +996,7 @@ class Escpos(object):
         :param smooth: True enables text smoothing. Effective on 4x4 size text and larger, *default*: False
         :param flip: True enables upside-down printing, *default*: False
         """
+        normal_textsize = not custom_size and not double_width and not double_height
         self.set(
             align=align,
             font=font,
@@ -1004,6 +1008,7 @@ class Escpos(object):
             invert=invert,
             smooth=smooth,
             flip=flip,
+            normal_textsize=normal_textsize,
             double_width=double_width,
             double_height=double_height,
             custom_size=custom_size,
diff --git a/test/test_function_set.py b/test/test_function_set.py
index 8545a82..8f9763b 100644
--- a/test/test_function_set.py
+++ b/test/test_function_set.py
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import six
+import pytest
 
 import escpos.printer as printer
 from escpos.constants import SET_FONT, TXT_NORMAL, TXT_SIZE, TXT_STYLE
@@ -54,6 +55,18 @@ def test_set_size_2h():
     assert instance.output == b"".join(expected_sequence)
 
 
+def test_set_size_2h_no_default():
+    instance = printer.Dummy()
+    instance.set(double_height=True)
+
+    expected_sequence = (
+        TXT_NORMAL,
+        TXT_STYLE["size"]["2h"],  # Double height text size
+    )
+
+    assert instance.output == b"".join(expected_sequence)
+
+
 def test_set_size_2w():
     instance = printer.Dummy()
     instance.set_with_default(double_width=True)
@@ -73,6 +86,18 @@ def test_set_size_2w():
     assert instance.output == b"".join(expected_sequence)
 
 
+def test_set_size_2w_no_default():
+    instance = printer.Dummy()
+    instance.set(double_width=True)
+
+    expected_sequence = (
+        TXT_NORMAL,
+        TXT_STYLE["size"]["2w"],  # Double width text size
+    )
+
+    assert instance.output == b"".join(expected_sequence)
+
+
 def test_set_size_2x():
     instance = printer.Dummy()
     instance.set_with_default(double_height=True, double_width=True)
@@ -92,6 +117,18 @@ def test_set_size_2x():
     assert instance.output == b"".join(expected_sequence)
 
 
+def test_set_size_2x_no_default():
+    instance = printer.Dummy()
+    instance.set(double_width=True, double_height=True)
+
+    expected_sequence = (
+        TXT_NORMAL,
+        TXT_STYLE["size"]["2x"],  # Quad area text size
+    )
+
+    assert instance.output == b"".join(expected_sequence)
+
+
 def test_set_size_custom():
     instance = printer.Dummy()
     instance.set_with_default(custom_size=True, width=8, height=7)
@@ -111,6 +148,20 @@ def test_set_size_custom():
     assert instance.output == b"".join(expected_sequence)
 
 
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("width", [1, 8])
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("height", [1, 8])
+def test_set_size_custom_no_default(width, height):
+    instance = printer.Dummy()
+    instance.set(custom_size=True, width=width, height=height)
+
+    expected_sequence = (
+        TXT_SIZE,  # Custom text size, no normal reset
+        six.int2byte(TXT_STYLE["width"][width] + TXT_STYLE["height"][height]),
+    )
+
+    assert instance.output == b"".join(expected_sequence)
+
+
 # Flip