# Truncate texts with a fixed height

**URL:** <https://community.penpot.app/t/truncate-texts-with-a-fixed-height/6416>\
**Category:** Feature requests\
**Created:** [September 3, 2024, 4:35pm UTC](https://community.penpot.app/t/truncate-texts-with-a-fixed-height/6416 "2024-09-03T16:35:03Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 1\
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**Author:** ![sneko](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex017/user_avatar/community.penpot.app/sneko/32/5284_2.png) [@sneko](https://community.penpot.app/u/sneko)\
**Post date:** [September 3, 2024, 4:35pm UTC](https://community.penpot.app/t/truncate-texts-with-a-fixed-height/6416/1 "2024-09-03T16:35:03Z")

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Hi,

I have a long text and I would like, when setting a fixed height, to be able truncating it for the part not inside the boundaries.

Here the example into Figma:

 ![image](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/flex017/uploads/penpot/original/2X/f/f7408820306b54d941fb19a327908cd36d420b46.png)

(Maybe I missed something in the Penpot UI?)

Thank you,