# Custom-shaped text boxes

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/custom-shaped-text-boxes/263013>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [June 11, 2008, 9:07pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/custom-shaped-text-boxes/263013 "2008-06-11T21:07:38Z")\
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**Author:** ![shane\_c](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3be4f8/32.png) [@shane\_c](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/shane_c)\
**Post date:** [June 11, 2008, 9:07pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/custom-shaped-text-boxes/263013/1 "2008-06-11T21:07:38Z")

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So I want to make a hexagon-shaped text box… Is there an easy-ish way to do this?

Thanks 🍺

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**Author:** ![glosrfc](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/glosrfc/32/8334_2.png) [@glosrfc](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/glosrfc)\
**Post date:** [June 11, 2008, 9:53pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/custom-shaped-text-boxes/263013/2 "2008-06-11T21:53:29Z")

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[This](http://polygeek.com/468_adobeflash/actionscript_liquidtext-example) might help.

Because your shape is regular, you could also devise a function that calculates the length of the text and inserts newline characters where appropriate.