Sketcher font sizes will change

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Sketcher font sizes will change

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Since a couple of years we have support for HDPI monitors in the sketcher. However, from time to time there were some complaints about sizes.

Indeed, I have just discovered several issues associated with font sizing, ranging from sometimes not using the right unit (point/pixel) to some configured font sizes not updating upon configuration change.

I have a PR fixing these issues, that I will merge soon.

While these are corrections, they may come as a surprise for those having got used to the status quo. They will also mean that, for the same current configuration, constraint datum labels will shrink (it is a correction, as they were being shown bigger than they should according to the configuration). At the same time, the coordinates of the sketcher will enlarge.

So, the announcement is: In the near future, you will need to adjust your sketcher preferences to adapt the constraint label size to the size that is right for you.
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