# Text string, width or number of characters

**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/text-string-width-or-number-of-characters/97653
**Category:** Uncategorized
**Created:** [December 27, 2003, 12:16am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/text-string-width-or-number-of-characters/97653 "2003-12-27T00:16:25Z")
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### Author: ![ratbaggy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/a3d4f5/32.png) [@ratbaggy](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/ratbaggy)
#### Post date: [December 27, 2003, 12:16am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/text-string-width-or-number-of-characters/97653/1 "2003-12-27T00:16:25Z")

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Any ideas how to get a text string to fill a particular width i.e. with a specific character until it reaches the specified width or number of characters?