Peter wrote:

I wonder if anyone else sees this problem.


Doesn't seem like a problem to me. But, I normally leave that option turned
off.


If I enable the display of cities/towns, their names appear as they
should but the font size is in most cases much too big. Also,
different towns get different size of font, but the allocation doesn't
have much relationship to the town's size.

I cannot find any way to control this - is there a way?

Nope. These are database graphics, so you basically have the ability to
toggle on or off. Database graphics are designed to automatically place and
move pertinent information so it will be in view as you change scale or, if
in the opinion of the designers some item should drop out of view at certain
scales.