Auto Font

Hello, I have a form where I have changed the font size to "0" to enable auto font for that field. The auto font works corrrectly, however the font size it starts with is 12. How do set it to start with font size 10?
Thanks

First of all Auto FOnt is a feature which is specific to Acrobat, it shouldn't be used in designer.
However since the functionality is exposed a lot of users do that.
When AutoFont is used, the font takes as much size as it can , with in the text field, thus growing from default 10 to 12.
only way to regulate this is
1. initially do not use the Autofont.
2. Get a font which has all letters of equal width i.e. a font where W or I would take same amount of horizontal space.
3. once you have decided one such font, you can count the no. of letters that can fit in the text field with font size 10.
4. let's say your text field can fit 10 characters before it will need to reduce the font size, so you can apply a script now, which calculates the no. of characters in the text field , this will have to calculated at every key stroke. Whenever the no. of characters goes beyond 10, set the font size of text field = 0 (which means auto font), and when someone deletes the characters, and count comes below 10, again set the font size for text field as 10.
trust me there's no other way to do this.
~Sid

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It just can't happen. Sorry. Your only options are -
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> whoa walt --- getting a bit antsy there --- basically as
a designer i am
> tired
> of the stock fonts that get installed - web design is a
creative process
> and as
> such the demand for interesting formats is high - if an
industry limits
> itself
> by not extending the reach and process of its components
then well there
> goes
> the neighbourhood -
>
> not eveyone installs the entire suite of msoft fonts for
example so it
> would
> be good to be able to have that functionality - this is
not arrogance in
> dictating to the end user - this is an attempt to expand
the creative side
> of
> our industry to encompass the many FREE and available
fonts created by
> exceptional designers - to bring variety and panache to
what quite frankly
> is
> considered by most people in the real world still to be
the denzion of
> porn
> addicts and geeks rather that the potential for
imaginative and artisitc
> interfaces for the processes relating to both
educational and commercial
> aspects of a web site.
>
> to remain beholden to the msoft suite alone is just
another reason PHP
> should
> continue it flourishing growth so as not to stymie our
industry with whims
> limiting its creative growth.
>
> perhaps a link saying download site fonts here to
maximise your
> exeperience
> would be appropriate however a nice script that checks a
sites fonts
> against
> the end user c:/windows/fonts file and then provides an
automatic
> notification
> saying would you like to download the site fonts would
be a great feature
> to
> any creative designer -- and a wonderful experience for
end users as they
> employ web based solutions and applications that look
good.
>
> but i guess the thought of stepping outside the it cant
be done box is a
> bit
> much for you.
>
> i do appreciate your advice however both of those
solutions are known to
> me
> and both are inappropriate for what needs to be
achieved.
>
> cheers
>

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