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

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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. There is a way around this disparity, however: You can play with the font size and adjust the horizontal scale negatively. For instance, let's say that you have a text selection that is formatted using 12-point type. Now suppose that you want your font to be 25 percent taller, but not to have the width changed. Best mac apps for text editing. You could follow these general steps: • Select the text you want to affect. • Enlarge the font size to 15 points. (12 times 1.25 is 15.) • Display the Character Spacing tab of the Font dialog box.

(See Figure 1.) Figure 1. The Character Spacing tab of the Font dialog box.• Using the Scale control, specify a scaling of 80%. (100 divided by 1.25 is 80.) That's it. You now have a font that is the same width as its base font, but is the desired height. 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.

Just remember that whatever you multiply the height by, you need to divide the width by (always starting at 100%).