squashing the font

[AYJ]

I would like to know if there is a way to make the font thinner but still
keep the hight of the font. I need to fit a certain word on one line on font
size 180 and it is too long.

[Character]

Post by AYJ
I would like to know if there is a way to make the font thinner but still
keep the hight of the font. I need to fit a certain word on one line on font
size 180 and it is too long.

Many ways.

In WORD,

a) You can decrease the letter spacing, which reduces the space
between the letters. Select, right click, font, letterspacing. This
doesn't affect the individual characters, but effectively squeezes the
line.

b) Use "Insert Word Art" and pick the very first style (in the upper
left corner). After creating the word in the font and point size you
need, the result is a graphic that you can squeeze or stretch.

Or you can create the word as a graphic in just about any graphic
application, which will give you various ways to deform it.

- Character

[Klaus Linke]

a) You can decrease the letter spacing, which reduces the space between
the letters. Select, right click, font, letterspacing. This doesn't affect
the individual characters, but effectively squeezes the line.

A quick way to achieve that, if the word is supposed to fill the whole line,
is Ctrl+Shift+J.

If the characters then look too squished together, you might make them a
little narrower using Format > Font, Spacing tab, Scale: 95% (or whatever).

Or you could look for a "Narrow" font variant.

Klaus

[Klaus Linke]

Post by Klaus Linke

a) You can decrease the letter spacing, which reduces the space between
the letters. Select, right click, font, letterspacing. This doesn't
affect the individual characters, but effectively squeezes the line.

A quick way to achieve that, if the word is supposed to fill the whole
line, is Ctrl+Shift+J.

I should have checked first: That "distributed alignment" only increases
letter spacing to the necessary amount, never decreases it.

Klaus

[macropod]

Hi AYJ

A simple way to do this would be to put the text into a table cell, then use the 'fit text' option (Table|Table
Properties|Cell|Options & check 'fit text').
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Cheers
macropod
[MVP - Microsoft Word]

Post by AYJ
I would like to know if there is a way to make the font thinner but still
keep the hight of the font. I need to fit a certain word on one line on font
size 180 and it is too long.

[Character]

Post by macropod
Hi AYJ
A simple way to do this would be to put the text into a table cell, then
use the 'fit text' option (Table|Table Properties|Cell|Options & check
'fit text').

'Fit text' reduces the point size. The OP wanted to retain the height
of the characters.

Using the 'envelope' function in a graphics program could also do what
the OP wants, or, as Klaus Linske suggested, finding a narrow or
condensed version of the font would also help.

- Character

[macropod]

'Reduce text' reduces the font width, not its height - to the point that, if there's enough, it will eventually become incapable of
display.
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Cheers
macropod
[MVP - Microsoft Word]

Post by macropod
Hi AYJ
A simple way to do this would be to put the text into a table cell, then use the 'fit text' option (Table|Table
Properties|Cell|Options & check 'fit text').

'Fit text' reduces the point size. The OP wanted to retain the height of the characters.
Using the 'envelope' function in a graphics program could also do what the OP wants, or, as Klaus Linske suggested, finding a
narrow or condensed version of the font would also help.
- Character

[Tom Ferguson]

Unless
I'm missing something-which is entirely possible-

Select the text, navigate to Font Character Spacing tab
Adjust Scale to a suitable value.

[macropod]

Hi Tom,

Changing the character spacing does not of itself change the character width - it simply changes how far apart they are.
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Cheers
macropod
[MVP - Microsoft Word]

Post by Tom Ferguson
Unless
I'm missing something-which is entirely possible-
Select the text, navigate to Font Character Spacing tab
Adjust Scale to a suitable value.
--
Tom
MSMVP 1998-2007

Post by AYJ
I would like to know if there is a way to make the font thinner but still
keep the hight of the font. I need to fit a certain word on one line on font
size 180 and it is too long.

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

Tom was referring to scaling, not character spacing.
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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org

Post by macropod
Hi Tom,
Changing the character spacing does not of itself change the character
width - it simply changes how far apart they are.
--
Cheers
macropod
[MVP - Microsoft Word]

Post by Tom Ferguson
Unless
I'm missing something-which is entirely possible-
Select the text, navigate to Font Character Spacing tab
Adjust Scale to a suitable value.
--
Tom
MSMVP 1998-2007

Post by AYJ
I would like to know if there is a way to make the font thinner but still
keep the hight of the font. I need to fit a certain word on one line on font
size 180 and it is too long.

[macropod]

I stand corrected.
--
Cheers
macropod
[MVP - Microsoft Word]

Post by Suzanne S. Barnhill
Tom was referring to scaling, not character spacing.
--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org

Post by macropod
Hi Tom,
Changing the character spacing does not of itself change the character
width - it simply changes how far apart they are.
--
Cheers
macropod
[MVP - Microsoft Word]

Post by Tom Ferguson
Unless
I'm missing something-which is entirely possible-
Select the text, navigate to Font Character Spacing tab
Adjust Scale to a suitable value.
--
Tom
MSMVP 1998-2007

Post by AYJ
I would like to know if there is a way to make the font thinner but still
keep the hight of the font. I need to fit a certain word on one line on font
size 180 and it is too long.