# Text don't scale in a group

**URL:** <https://community.penpot.app/t/text-dont-scale-in-a-group/3002>\
**Category:** Ask the community\
**Created:** [May 4, 2023, 2:22pm UTC](https://community.penpot.app/t/text-dont-scale-in-a-group/3002 "2023-05-04T14:22:30Z")\
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**Author:** ![quiqueciria](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex017/user_avatar/community.penpot.app/quiqueciria/32/2962_2.png) [@quiqueciria](https://community.penpot.app/u/quiqueciria)\
**Post date:** [May 4, 2023, 2:22pm UTC](https://community.penpot.app/t/text-dont-scale-in-a-group/3002/1 "2023-05-04T14:22:30Z")

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Hi!

I don’t know how scale a group with text inside. I would like scale the group and proportionally the text also.

![Screenshot 2023-05-04 at 16.21.59](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/flex017/uploads/penpot/original/2X/a/a98f8ed88faafcdae33a4a2b8c04d5da1fe9f2e3.png)

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**Author:** ![seaport](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/53a042/32.png) [@seaport](https://community.penpot.app/u/seaport)\
**Post date:** [July 1, 2023, 3:14am UTC](https://community.penpot.app/t/text-dont-scale-in-a-group/3002/2 "2023-07-01T03:14:51Z")

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This is not implemented yet but it is on the roadmap.  
According to this github issue

> <https://github.com/penpot/penpot/issues/2756>
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> \### Steps To Reproduce
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> 1. Create a text layer and fill it
> 2. Create another la…yer and group it with the text layer
> 3. Enable Scale Text
> 4. Resize the group
> 
> \### Expected behavior
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> Text in group or component should resize when the Enable Scale Text option is active.
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> \### Actual behavior
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> Text in group or component do not follow the Scale Text option when activated
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> \### Screenshots or video
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> \_No response\_
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> \### Desktop (please complete the following information)
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> Windows 10
> Tested on Edge and Chrome
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> \### Smartphone (please complete the following information)
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> \_No response\_
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> \### Environment (please complete the following information)
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> https://design.penpot.app/
> 
> \### Frontend Stack Trace
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> \_No response\_
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> \### Backend Stack Trace
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> \_No response\_
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> \### Additional context
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> \_No response\_