diff --git a/app/javascript/submission_form/area.vue b/app/javascript/submission_form/area.vue
index f0a56a43..8e4a2ae3 100644
--- a/app/javascript/submission_form/area.vue
+++ b/app/javascript/submission_form/area.vue
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 <template>
   <div
-    class="flex absolute text-[1.5vw] lg:text-base"
+    class="flex absolute lg:text-base"
     :style="computedStyle"
-    :class="{ 'cursor-default': !submittable, 'bg-red-100 border cursor-pointer ': submittable, 'border-red-100': !isActive && submittable, 'bg-opacity-70': !isActive && !isValueSet && submittable, 'border-red-500 border-dashed z-10': isActive && submittable, 'bg-opacity-30': (isActive || isValueSet) && submittable }"
+    :class="{ 'text-[1.5vw] lg:text-base': !textOverflowChars, 'text-[1.0vw] lg:text-xs': textOverflowChars, 'cursor-default': !submittable, 'bg-red-100 border cursor-pointer ': submittable, 'border-red-100': !isActive && submittable, 'bg-opacity-70': !isActive && !isValueSet && submittable, 'border-red-500 border-dashed z-10': isActive && submittable, 'bg-opacity-30': (isActive || isValueSet) && submittable }"
   >
     <div
       v-if="!isActive && !isValueSet && field.type !== 'checkbox' && submittable"
@@ -102,6 +102,7 @@
     </div>
     <div
       v-else
+      ref="textContainer"
       class="flex items-center px-0.5"
     >
       <span v-if="Array.isArray(modelValue)">
@@ -173,6 +174,11 @@ export default {
     }
   },
   emits: ['update:model-value'],
+  data () {
+    return {
+      textOverflowChars: 0
+    }
+  },
   computed: {
     fieldNames () {
       return {
@@ -251,6 +257,20 @@ export default {
         height: h * 100 + '%'
       }
     }
+  },
+  watch: {
+    modelValue () {
+      if (this.field.type === 'text' && this.$refs.textContainer && (this.textOverflowChars === 0 || (this.textOverflowChars - 4) > this.modelValue.length)) {
+        this.textOverflowChars = this.$refs.textContainer.scrollHeight > this.$refs.textContainer.clientHeight ? this.modelValue.length : 0
+      }
+    }
+  },
+  mounted () {
+    if (this.field.type === 'text' && this.$refs.textContainer) {
+      this.$nextTick(() => {
+        this.textOverflowChars = this.$refs.textContainer.scrollHeight > this.$refs.textContainer.clientHeight ? this.modelValue.length : 0
+      })
+    }
   }
 }
 </script>
diff --git a/app/javascript/template_builder/area.vue b/app/javascript/template_builder/area.vue
index bcad7d00..40625af0 100644
--- a/app/javascript/template_builder/area.vue
+++ b/app/javascript/template_builder/area.vue
@@ -104,9 +104,12 @@
       >
         <div
           v-if="field?.default_value"
-          class="text-[1.5vw] lg:text-base"
+          :class="{ 'text-[1.5vw] lg:text-base': !textOverflowChars, 'text-[1.0vw] lg:text-xs': textOverflowChars }"
         >
-          <div class="flex items-center px-0.5">
+          <div
+            ref="textContainer"
+            class="flex items-center px-0.5"
+          >
             <span class="whitespace-pre-wrap">{{ field.default_value }}</span>
           </div>
         </div>
@@ -173,6 +176,7 @@ export default {
       isResize: false,
       isDragged: false,
       isNameFocus: false,
+      textOverflowChars: 0,
       dragFrom: { x: 0, y: 0 }
     }
   },
@@ -241,6 +245,20 @@ export default {
       }
     }
   },
+  watch: {
+    'field.default_value' () {
+      if (this.field.type === 'text' && this.field.default_value && this.$refs.textContainer && (this.textOverflowChars === 0 || (this.textOverflowChars - 4) > this.field.default_value.length)) {
+        this.textOverflowChars = this.$el.clientHeight < this.$refs.textContainer.clientHeight ? this.field.default_value.length : 0
+      }
+    }
+  },
+  mounted () {
+    if (this.field.type === 'text' && this.field.default_value && this.$refs.textContainer && (this.textOverflowChars === 0 || (this.textOverflowChars - 4) > this.field.default_value)) {
+      this.$nextTick(() => {
+        this.textOverflowChars = this.$el.clientHeight < this.$refs.textContainer.clientHeight ? this.field.default_value.length : 0
+      })
+    }
+  },
   methods: {
     onNameFocus (e) {
       this.selectedAreaRef.value = this.area
diff --git a/app/views/submissions/_value.html.erb b/app/views/submissions/_value.html.erb
index 47512c59..11ef194c 100644
--- a/app/views/submissions/_value.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/submissions/_value.html.erb
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-<div class="flex absolute text-[1.5vw] lg:text-base" style="width: <%= area['w'] * 100 %>%; height: <%= area['h'] * 100 %>%; left: <%= area['x'] * 100 %>%; top: <%= area['y'] * 100 %>%">
+<div class="flex absolute <%= field['readonly'] ? 'text-[1.5vw] lg:text-xs' : 'text-[1.5vw] lg:text-base' %>" style="width: <%= area['w'] * 100 %>%; height: <%= area['h'] * 100 %>%; left: <%= area['x'] * 100 %>%; top: <%= area['y'] * 100 %>%">
   <% if field['type'].in?(['signature', 'image', 'initials']) %>
     <img class="object-contain mx-auto" src="<%= attachments_index[value].url %>" loading="lazy">
   <% elsif field['type'] == 'file' %>
diff --git a/lib/submissions/generate_result_attachments.rb b/lib/submissions/generate_result_attachments.rb
index 6163643e..4c8344b5 100644
--- a/lib/submissions/generate_result_attachments.rb
+++ b/lib/submissions/generate_result_attachments.rb
@@ -157,6 +157,17 @@ module Submissions
 
             lines = layouter.fit([text], area['w'] * width, height).lines
             box_height = lines.sum(&:height)
+
+            if box_height > (area['h'] * height) + 1
+              text = HexaPDF::Layout::TextFragment.create(Array.wrap(value).join(', '),
+                                                          font: pdf.fonts.add(FONT_NAME),
+                                                          font_size: (font_size / 1.4).to_i)
+
+              lines = layouter.fit([text], area['w'] * width, height).lines
+
+              box_height = lines.sum(&:height)
+            end
+
             height_diff = [0, box_height - (area['h'] * height)].max
 
             layouter.fit([text], area['w'] * width, height_diff.positive? ? box_height : area['h'] * height)