Just remember that whatever you multiply the height by, you need to divide the width by (always starting at 100%). Depending on the font, you may need to play with the sizing just a bit to get the desired effect, but this approach should work in all instances. If you dont know about it yet, follow the directions in this article to help you achieve these same techniques to. If you’re having problems with your printer not allowing 0 margins for the image, try drawing a text box from one corner of the page to the other. You now have a font that is the same width as its base font, but is the desired height. Most people who use Microsoft Word for designing creative printouts know about the WordArt feature and its many features. Answer (1 of 5): There are already several excellent answers, but I’ve also been asked to answer, so I’ll offer an alternate method.

WordArt Styles group The WordArt Styles group enables you to change the style of your WordArt, change the color of the fill and lines, and change the shape of the WordArt object.

Using the Scale control, specify a scaling of 80%. Stretch Justify: Aligns the text with both the right and left sides of the WordArt objects by stretching the characters.

The Character Spacing tab of the Font dialog box.

Display the Character Spacing tab of the Font dialog box.

Now suppose that you want your font to be 25 percent taller, but not to have the width changed. There is a way around this disparity, however: You can play with the font size and adjust the horizontal scale negatively.įor instance, let's say that you have a text selection that is formatted using 12-point type. Click on a WordArt & select a style, don. Word makes it easy to change the horizontal scale of a font, by using the Scale control on the Character Spacing tab of the Font dialog box. Below is the equivalent using just a text box. It is interesting to note that Word does not provide any corresponding method to change the vertical scale of a font without affecting the width. Recently someone I was teaching had created some Stacked Venn SmartArt similar to below but she wanted the text to follow the curve.

Using the control changes only the horizontal scale the vertical height of the font remains exactly the same.

Microsoft word art stretch