Fillable forms - font reduction?

I am using Adobe Acrobat XI Pro to create fillable forms that will be sent via email to clients.  In a free form response box, is it possible to set the font size to reduce as a client types so that their full response will be captured versus run up against a space limit?  Thank you.

That's odd, it should work. So is that Reader Touch, or the regular desktop version? If Touch, it might be a bug and you should consider reporting it: https://www.adobe.com/cfusion/mmform/index.cfm?name=wishform

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