How to Stretch Text in Figma
Sometimes in UI design or creative mockups, you might want to stretch or expand text to fit a specific space. While Figma doesn't allow you to scale the text characters themselves horizontally or vertically like in some desktop tools (e.g., Illustrator or Photoshop), it does give you control over how text fits within a bounding box. This means you can stretch the text container and influence how the text wraps, aligns, or resizes based on the box size.
Here’s how to work with text stretching in Figma—and what to expect when you do.