# Dynamically Shrinking Text

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/dynamically-shrinking-text/218319>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [March 6, 2007, 7:21pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/dynamically-shrinking-text/218319 "2007-03-06T19:21:05Z")\
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**Author:** ![dewey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/919ad9/32.png) [@dewey](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/dewey)\
**Post date:** [March 6, 2007, 7:21pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/dynamically-shrinking-text/218319/1 "2007-03-06T19:21:05Z")

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Hey everyone…

As Ned Flanders might say, I’m in a dilly of a pickle right now…

I have a movie clip with a dynamic text box inside of it. This box is 160 pixels wide and has a font size of 14.

I am dynamically loading car names into this box. Something like “2006 Ford Taurus” just fits perfectly in there with the font I am using… another name, such as “2006 Ford Econoline” is too long and the text is cut off… I won’t have anything much longer than about 25 characters, but I cannot go over the 160 pixels I have and I cannot multiline it… is there any way I can switch the text size, or “squish” the letters together so that everything will fit?

Thanks,

–d