# Font Size and Text Field width correlation

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/font-size-and-text-field-width-correlation/327780>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [March 28, 2012, 11:38am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/font-size-and-text-field-width-correlation/327780 "2012-03-28T11:38:57Z")\
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**Author:** ![Thovas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ba9def/32.png) [@Thovas](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Thovas)\
**Post date:** [March 28, 2012, 11:38am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/font-size-and-text-field-width-correlation/327780/1 "2012-03-28T11:38:57Z")

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Is there a way to determine what the width of a Text Field should be if the string length and the font size are known. I realize that every font have different letter size but don`t know how to get to that value. Any thoughts will be appreciated.

Regards Thovas