Centered text in a circular textframe

Hello all!
Here is a mild gripe: A simple logo of 3 letters in a round textframe. Why is it so hard to type three letters in a round type frame, where the letters are centered horizontally and vertically and are sized to fill up the frame?
Things I notice: 1. You can't center it vertically (with Text Frame Options). 2. It is off a bit horizontally. 3. You cannot come near the full area of the circular frame but that it will go off into overset hiding.
So simple a need. So difficult to do. Why? What is your workaround? Yes, I'm serious!
Mike Witherell in Alexandria, VA

Excuse me but I like most the jmlevy idea/alternative:
Center the text in a text frame and paste it inside the circle.
First because is simple, logical and (more or less) intuitive, as it just places a text frame inside a circle.
Step by step:
Create a text frame and type the text.
Center it horizontally (Shift+Cmd(Ctrl in WIndows)+C)
Press Cmd/Ctrl+B to access the Frame Options, select vertical justification>Center, on the Baseline options tab, choose:Cap Height.
Select and cut the text frame
Draw the circle. (Click with the Ellipse Tool (L) or the equivalent frame tool on the page and type the dimensions).
(With the circle selected) choose Edit> Paste Into.
If it does not fall in the center:
In the contextual menu (right mouse button): Fitting>Frame fitting options click the central point in the Align from proxy icon.

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