diff --git a/src/theme-manager.coffee b/src/theme-manager.coffee
index 139103346..42ad5ac02 100644
--- a/src/theme-manager.coffee
+++ b/src/theme-manager.coffee
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ class ThemeManager
     EmitterMixin::on.apply(this, arguments)
 
   ###
-  Section: Methods
+  Section: Instance Methods
   ###
 
   getAvailableNames: ->
@@ -334,3 +334,17 @@ class ThemeManager
     @emitter.emit 'did-add-stylesheet', styleElement.sheet
     @emit 'stylesheets-changed'
     @emitter.emit 'did-change-stylesheets'
+
+  updateGlobalEditorStyle: (property, value) ->
+    unless styleNode = @stylesheetElementForId('global-editor-styles')
+      @applyStylesheet('global-editor-styles', '.editor {}')
+      styleNode = @stylesheetElementForId('global-editor-styles')
+
+    {sheet} = styleNode
+    editorRule = sheet.cssRules[0]
+    editorRule.style[property] = value
+
+    @emit 'stylesheet-updated', sheet
+    @emitter.emit 'did-update-stylesheet', sheet
+    @emit 'stylesheets-changed'
+    @emitter.emit 'did-change-stylesheets'
diff --git a/src/workspace-view.coffee b/src/workspace-view.coffee
index 067600eb0..0398b42b4 100644
--- a/src/workspace-view.coffee
+++ b/src/workspace-view.coffee
@@ -373,24 +373,13 @@ class WorkspaceView extends View
     @model.destroy()
 
   setEditorFontSize: (fontSize) =>
-    @setEditorStyle('font-size', fontSize + 'px')
+    atom.themes.updateGlobalEditorStyle('font-size', fontSize + 'px')
 
   setEditorFontFamily: (fontFamily) =>
-    @setEditorStyle('font-family', fontFamily)
+    atom.themes.updateGlobalEditorStyle('font-family', fontFamily)
 
   setEditorLineHeight: (lineHeight) =>
-    @setEditorStyle('line-height', lineHeight)
-
-  setEditorStyle: (property, value) ->
-    unless styleNode = atom.themes.stylesheetElementForId('global-editor-styles')
-      atom.themes.applyStylesheet('global-editor-styles', '.editor {}')
-      styleNode = atom.themes.stylesheetElementForId('global-editor-styles')
-
-    {sheet} = styleNode
-    editorRule = sheet.cssRules[0]
-    editorRule.style[property] = value
-    atom.themes.emit 'stylesheet-updated', sheet
-    atom.themes.emit 'stylesheets-changed'
+    atom.themes.updateGlobalEditorStyle('line-height', lineHeight)
 
   # Deprecated
   eachPane: (callback) ->