diff --git a/polylux.typ b/polylux.typ
index 25cfea1..d01b5c1 100644
--- a/polylux.typ
+++ b/polylux.typ
@@ -2,4 +2,4 @@
 #import "logic.typ"
 #import "logic.typ": polylux-slide, uncover, only, alternatives, alternatives-match, alternatives-fn, alternatives-cases, one-by-one, line-by-line, list-one-by-one, enum-one-by-one, terms-one-by-one, pause, enable-handout-mode
 #import "utils/utils.typ"
-#import "utils/utils.typ": polylux-outline, fit-to-height, side-by-side, pdfpc
+#import "utils/utils.typ": polylux-outline, fit-to-height, fit-to-width, side-by-side, pdfpc
diff --git a/utils/utils.typ b/utils/utils.typ
index ba2690b..66dd825 100644
--- a/utils/utils.typ
+++ b/utils/utils.typ
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
 #let last-slide-number = locate(loc => logic.logical-slide.final(loc).first())
 
 
-// HEIGHT FITTING
+// HEIGHT/WIDTH FITTING
 
 #let _size-to-pt(size, styles, container-dimension) = {
   let to-convert = size
@@ -60,7 +60,9 @@
   box(width: mutable-width, body)
 }
 
-#let fit-to-height(height, width: none, prescale-width: none, body) = {
+#let fit-to-height(
+  width: none, prescale-width: none, grow: true, shrink: true, height, body
+) = {
   // Place two labels with the requested vertical separation to be able to
   // measure their vertical distance in pt.
   // Using this approach instead of using `measure` allows us to accept fractions
@@ -113,22 +115,54 @@
         let w-ratio = mutable-width / size.width
         let ratio = calc.min(h-ratio, w-ratio) * 100%
 
-        let new-width = size.width * ratio
-        v(-available-height)
-        // If not boxed, the content can overflow to the next page even though it will fit.
-        // This is because scale doesn't update the layout information.
-        // Boxing in a container without clipping will inform typst that content
-        // will indeed fit in the remaining space
-        box(
-          width: new-width,
-          height: available-height,
-          scale(x: ratio, y: ratio, origin: top + left, boxed-content)
-        )
+        if (
+          (shrink and (ratio < 100%))
+          or (grow and (ratio > 100%))
+        ) {
+          let new-width = size.width * ratio
+          v(-available-height)
+          // If not boxed, the content can overflow to the next page even though it will
+          // fit. This is because scale doesn't update the layout information.
+          // Boxing in a container without clipping will inform typst that content
+          // will indeed fit in the remaining space
+          box(
+            width: new-width,
+            height: available-height,
+            scale(x: ratio, y: ratio, origin: top + left, boxed-content)
+          )
+        } else {
+          body
+        }
       })
     })
   })
 }
 
+#let fit-to-width(grow: true, shrink: true, width, content) = {
+  style(styles => {
+    layout(layout-size => {
+      let content-size = measure(content, styles)
+      let content-width = content-size.width
+      let width = _size-to-pt(width, styles, layout-size.width)
+      if (
+        (shrink and (width < content-width))
+        or (grow and (width > content-width))
+      ) {
+        let ratio = width / content-width * 100%
+        // The first box keeps content from prematurely wrapping
+        let scaled = scale(
+          box(content, width: content-width), origin: top + left, x: ratio, y: ratio
+        )
+        // The second box lets typst know the post-scaled dimensions, since `scale`
+        // doesn't update layout information
+        box(scaled, width: width, height: content-size.height * ratio)
+      } else {
+        content
+      }
+    })
+  })
+}
+
 // SIDE BY SIDE
 
 #let side-by-side(columns: none, gutter: 1em, ..bodies) = {