Improve visibility of distance measurement labels when hold

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Hi Penpot team! First of all, thank you for the amazing work on this open-source tool — I really enjoy using it!

I’d like to suggest an improvement regarding the visibility of the distance measurement labels that appear when holding the Alt key to check spacing between elements.

Currently, the small pink labels are very hard to read in many situations, especially:

When working with light backgrounds

When zoomed in (they stay the same size)

When there’s overlapping or busy UI

It would be great if these measurements could:

Scale slightly with zoom for better readability

Have an outline or background for contrast

Or allow a dark mode override to make them easier to see

This small change would really improve accessibility and usability for many users.
Thanks again for your awesome work!

Best regards,
[A user from Brazil]

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These are all great ideas.

A bit of a workaround/accessibility tip: I often set the browser’s zoom level (not using the keyboard shortcuts or scroll zoom) to 125% or greater. This will zoom all of Penpot’s UI for better visibility. (And the UI generally handles zooming well compared to most UIs.) I do this to ensure the UI is easy to read during video demos, but it works best on big screens as you will lose canvas space!