Reduced font size on a simple data field

Hello,

A couple of years ago I wrote a simple data field for Fenix 3 and I've used it since without any issues. I recently upgraded to a F6X and have done some changes to the data field to make sure it runs on the F6. I notice that the font size changes to a very small one compared to the built in data fields. At first I thought it was because the number of characters but I came across this thread that says it has to do with non numeric characters: https://forums.garmin.com/developer/connect-iq/f/discussion/3963/font-size-reduced-in-simple-data-field-when-returned-a-char/31689#31689

Regardless it is space available to use a larger font and this wasn't a problem on the F3. Any news on the issue discussed in the thread above?