Text changes size during fade-in/fade out.

I have a project where I wanted to lay in a simple full screen text element...just white text over black...between groups of clips. I'm VERY new to FCP. I had no problem creating the text, setting the length to 5:00 sec, and inserting it into the time line. I easily stuck a fade-in/fade-out 1 sec transition on either side of the text. After outputting to DVD, the text re-sized at the end of the fade in and at the beginning of the fade out. I'm working in anamorphic. I found the aspect setting in text and changed it to 1.77. Still NG. Any pointers would surely be appreciated.

I really just wanted to dip to black and come up text, followed by another dip to black and up on content. I tried dissolving to a color (black) and the distortion of the text during the dissolve was eliminated.
So what is the difference between a fade in/fadeout dissolve and a dissolve to black?

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