FreeTubeApp / FreeTubeApp/FreeTube

[Feature Request]: configure text size separately from thumbnail size

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E: ease of use improvement E: visual improvement
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- [X] This issue contains only one feature request.

### Problem Description

FreeTube has only a full page zoom, which assumes that there is an optimal relation between the fonts and thumbnail size that works for all or most users. As a result, thumbnails in a grid of playlists are huge and annoying compared to their captions, and zooming does nothing to change that. https://github.com/FreeTubeApp/FreeTube/issues/4605

### Proposed Solution

Separate the text and thumbnail size controls, at least in the settings.
Since everything is controlled by CSS, it should be easy to specify a base font size in pixels and a thumbnail size in pixels or ms or ns.
Themes could be made external CSS files, so the user could specify the sizes for specific contexts like the playlist windows.

### Alternatives Considered

Add buttons to +/- font size and thumbnails on the top panel.

### Issue Labels

ease of use improvement, visual improvement

### Additional Information

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