labels overlapping in ArcGIS Pro

[RiccardoKlinger]

Hi folks,

I am working with ArcGIS Pro 2.7.0 and having an issue with overlapping labels. I am using a polyline layer and have quite simple labelling approahc using the standard label engine:

Unfortunately the labels do overlap a lot which is troubling! Any suggestions?

[DanPatterson]

You don't want to use Label with the Maplex Label Engine—ArcGIS Pro | Documentation ?

Labels for line features—ArcGIS Pro | Documentation

[RiccardoKlinger]

Just switched to maplex, but no luck at all:

Do I miss a basic setting somehow?

[Robert_LeClair]

Labeling line features using Maplex is much more robust than the Standard Labeling engine in ArcGIS Pro.  Agree with Dan!

[RiccardoKlinger]

thanks for your response. please check my response to @DanW 

[RiccardoKlinger · Accepted solution]

Seems like a "nice" feature aka BUG in ArcGIS Pro. I imported the project as a map package which was created using ArcMAP. clearing and resetting the reference scale was the solution: