diff --git a/src/display/control/canvas-item-text.cpp b/src/display/control/canvas-item-text.cpp
index f2d1220b0337d84f87a8cead90d6a4348efac15f..5536950a2943e623a71f7c46749a11d6ff9326b4 100644
--- a/src/display/control/canvas-item-text.cpp
+++ b/src/display/control/canvas-item-text.cpp
@@ -190,6 +190,7 @@ void CanvasItemText::render(Inkscape::CanvasItemBuffer *buf)
 
     // Text
     buf->cr->move_to(p.x(), p.y());
+    buf->cr->set_font_size(_fontsize);
     buf->cr->text_path(_text);
     buf->cr->set_source_rgba(SP_RGBA32_R_F(_fill), SP_RGBA32_G_F(_fill),
                              SP_RGBA32_B_F(_fill), SP_RGBA32_A_F(_fill));
diff --git a/src/ui/tools/measure-tool.cpp b/src/ui/tools/measure-tool.cpp
index b2be47b27b6bc96e25e631b8ecb271e809c961b6..c6eebb65e211347c0948c0a57e471b6c76baac3a 100644
--- a/src/ui/tools/measure-tool.cpp
+++ b/src/ui/tools/measure-tool.cpp
@@ -1053,7 +1053,7 @@ void MeasureTool::setMeasureCanvasText(bool is_angle, double precision, double a
 {
     SPDesktop *desktop = SP_ACTIVE_DESKTOP;
 
-    Glib::ustring measure = Glib::ustring::format(std::setprecision(2), std::fixed, amount);
+    Glib::ustring measure = Glib::ustring::format(std::setprecision(precision), std::fixed, amount);
     measure += " ";
     measure += (is_angle ? "°" : unit_name);
     auto canvas_tooltip = new Inkscape::CanvasItemText(desktop->getCanvasTemp(), position, measure);