# textFormat.size maximum?
**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/textformat-size-maximum/262643
**Category:** flash
**Created:** [June 8, 2008, 2:19pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/textformat-size-maximum/262643 "2008-06-08T14:19:13Z")
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### Author:  [@matthewjumps](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/matthewjumps)
#### Post date: [June 8, 2008, 2:19pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/textformat-size-maximum/262643/1 "2008-06-08T14:19:13Z")
It seem that the textFormat.size property has a maximum - attempting to set it to something like 160 doesn’t work correctly…
[This page says the maximum is 72, [URL=“http://forum.sephiroth.it/showthread.php?t=8684”]This Page](http://www.actionscript.com/reference/textformatsize.php) says its 130 - can anyone confirm this, and are there workarounds?
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### Author:  [@glosrfc](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/glosrfc)
#### Post date: [June 9, 2008, 12:50am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/textformat-size-maximum/262643/2 "2008-06-09T00:50:16Z")
This may, or may not, help with a workaround:
[http://readlist.com/lists/chattyfig.figleaf.com/flashcoders/3/16969.html](http://readlist.com/lists/chattyfig.figleaf.com/flashcoders/3/16969.html)
The actual limit seems to vary between 72 and 96, although some claim a higher maximum value - my best guess is that it’s limited to the maximum value you can obtain with the slider in the text properties window.
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### Author:  [@matthewjumps](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/matthewjumps)
#### Post date: [June 9, 2008, 2:56am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/textformat-size-maximum/262643/3 "2008-06-09T02:56:40Z")
Thanks, yes I thought I would have to scale the textField to get around it…