diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 04d9369662d2..67e4c60e8485 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 
 **Theme: Amsterdam**
 
+- Text sizes are now based on a 14px base font size. Headings are now bold. ([#2936](https://github.com/elastic/eui/pull/2936))
 - Altered `secondary`, `accent` colors to be more saturated ([#2873](https://github.com/elastic/eui/pull/2873))
 
 
diff --git a/src/themes/eui-amsterdam/global_styling/index.scss b/src/themes/eui-amsterdam/global_styling/index.scss
index 0c105e468620..cb9a09de94d3 100644
--- a/src/themes/eui-amsterdam/global_styling/index.scss
+++ b/src/themes/eui-amsterdam/global_styling/index.scss
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 
 // Variables come next, and are used in some mixins
 @import '../../../global_styling/variables/index';
+@import 'variables/index';
 
 // Mixins provide generic code expansion through helpers
 @import '../../../global_styling/mixins/index';
diff --git a/src/themes/eui-amsterdam/global_styling/mixins/_index.scss b/src/themes/eui-amsterdam/global_styling/mixins/_index.scss
index a5b58fb8b6ed..2690358ce99c 100644
--- a/src/themes/eui-amsterdam/global_styling/mixins/_index.scss
+++ b/src/themes/eui-amsterdam/global_styling/mixins/_index.scss
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
 @import 'panel';
+@import 'typography';
diff --git a/src/themes/eui-amsterdam/global_styling/mixins/_typography.scss b/src/themes/eui-amsterdam/global_styling/mixins/_typography.scss
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..4ce744a66b71
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/themes/eui-amsterdam/global_styling/mixins/_typography.scss
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+@mixin euiTitle($size: 'm') {
+  color: $euiTitleColor;
+
+  @if $size == 'xxxs' {
+    @include euiFontSizeXS;
+    @include lineHeightFromBaseline(3);
+    font-weight: $euiFontWeightSemiBold;
+    letter-spacing: 0;
+  } @else if $size == 'xxs' {
+    @include euiFontSizeS;
+    @include lineHeightFromBaseline(3);
+    font-weight: $euiFontWeightSemiBold;
+    letter-spacing: 0;
+  } @else if $size == 'xs' {
+    @include euiFontSize;
+    @include lineHeightFromBaseline(3);
+    font-weight: $euiFontWeightSemiBold;
+    letter-spacing: 0;
+  } @else if $size == 's' {
+    @include euiFontSizeL;
+    @include lineHeightFromBaseline(4);
+    font-weight: $euiFontWeightBold;
+    letter-spacing: 0;
+  } @else if $size == 'm' {
+    @include euiFontSizeXL;
+    @include lineHeightFromBaseline(5);
+    font-weight: $euiFontWeightBold;
+    letter-spacing: 0;
+  } @else if $size == 'l' {
+    @include euiFontSizeXXL;
+    @include lineHeightFromBaseline(6);
+    font-weight: $euiFontWeightBold;
+    letter-spacing: -.0625rem;
+  } @else {
+    @include fontSize($size);
+    @include lineHeightFromBaseline(3);
+    font-weight: $euiFontWeightBold;
+    letter-spacing: 0;
+  }
+}
diff --git a/src/themes/eui-amsterdam/global_styling/variables/_index.scss b/src/themes/eui-amsterdam/global_styling/variables/_index.scss
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..3be796aeb3fd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/themes/eui-amsterdam/global_styling/variables/_index.scss
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+@import 'typography';
diff --git a/src/themes/eui-amsterdam/global_styling/variables/_typography.scss b/src/themes/eui-amsterdam/global_styling/variables/_typography.scss
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..23a2da0860eb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/themes/eui-amsterdam/global_styling/variables/_typography.scss
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+$euiFontSize:       $euiSize - 2; // 5th position in scale
+
+// These variables are unchanged, but the calculated values are smaller
+$euiFontSizeXS:     $euiFontSize * nth($euiTextScale, 7); // 11px
+$euiFontSizeS:      $euiFontSize * nth($euiTextScale, 6); // 12px
+$euiFontSizeM:      $euiFontSize * nth($euiTextScale, 4); // 16px
+$euiFontSizeL:      $euiFontSize * nth($euiTextScale, 3); // 18px
+$euiFontSizeXL:     $euiFontSize * nth($euiTextScale, 2); // 25px
+$euiFontSizeXXL:    $euiFontSize * nth($euiTextScale, 1); // 32px
diff --git a/src/themes/eui-amsterdam/overrides/_text.scss b/src/themes/eui-amsterdam/overrides/_text.scss
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..45731e79f478
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/themes/eui-amsterdam/overrides/_text.scss
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+h1,
+h2,
+h3,
+h4,
+h5,
+h6 {
+  font-weight: $euiFontWeightBold;
+}
diff --git a/src/themes/eui-amsterdam/overrides/_title.scss b/src/themes/eui-amsterdam/overrides/_title.scss
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..97d1d6c50431
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/themes/eui-amsterdam/overrides/_title.scss
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+.euiTitle {
+  font-weight: $euiFontWeightBold;
+  letter-spacing: 0;
+}