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SVG Scaling Text to fit container

This is likely a very simple question, but how do I get text in SVG to stretch to fit its container?

I don't care if it looks ugly from being stretched too long or high, but it needs to fits its container and be as big as possible.

Thanks

Solution

  • If you really don't care that the text gets ugly, here's how to fit unknown length text into a known width.

    <svg width="436" height="180"
    style="border:solid 6px"
    xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg">
    <g>
        <text y="50%" textLength="436" lengthAdjust="spacingAndGlyphs">UGLY TEXT</text>
    </g>
</svg>

    enter image description here