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Clearly you can’t use fixed font point sizes with this auto-fit option on, because it works
by dynamically changing the font sizes. So you will see some perhaps unexpected
results if you do try to set specific font sizes. In the example above if we try to make the
heading 28pt, it immediately changes to 24.19pt, but that’s expected with auto-fit turned
on.
Dynamic sizing also works with repelling. The text automatically scales to fit the available
space, taking into account the reduced space caused by the repel.

Shrink text on overflow
The last option on the VERTICAL TEXT ALIGNMENT menu - SHRINK TEXT ON OVERFLOW
controls what happens to the text when it overflows the text area. With the option
selected the text will scale down so that it always fits the text area. So useful for
instances where you need to add more text yet are confined to a specific size.

The left text area has plenty of space, so text appears with the font size it was given. In the
center example, more text has been added so that it would no longer fit in the text area, so the
text has been scaled down to fit. In the right example, some text has been removed so it will
again fit in the text area with its original font size.

If you subsequently drag the text area out to increase the area or if you delete some text
then the text size will increase to fill the area but it won't get any larger than the original
point size. As with AUTO-FIT TO CONTAINER, any relative size differences in the text are
maintained as the text is scaled down and also as with AUTO-FIT you can't use this
feature on linked text areas - a warning prompt will appear should you attempt to do so.