diff --git a/CanvasTextWrapper.js b/CanvasTextWrapper.js
index 8a73d3b..705b141 100644
--- a/CanvasTextWrapper.js
+++ b/CanvasTextWrapper.js
@@ -57,14 +57,15 @@
             };
 
             if (this.sizeToFill) {
-                // starting at 1px increase font size by 1px until text block exceeds the height of its padded container
+                // starting at 1px increase font size by 1px until text block exceeds the height of its padded container or until words break
                 var elementHeight = ((this.fitParent === false) ? this.canvas.height : this.canvas.parentNode.clientHeight) - (this.paddingX * 2);
+                var numWords = this.text.trim().split(/\s+/).length;
                 var fontSize = 0;
                 do {
                     this.setFontSize(++fontSize);
                     var lines = this.getWrappedText(elementWidth);
                     var textBlockHeight = lines.length * this.lineHeight;
-                } while (textBlockHeight < elementHeight);
+                } while (textBlockHeight < elementHeight && lines.join(' ').split(/\s+/).length == numWords);
 
                 // use previous font size, not the one that broke the while condition
                 this.setFontSize(--fontSize);
@@ -93,7 +94,7 @@
         getWrappedText: function(elementWidth) {
             var maxTextLength = elementWidth - (this.paddingX * 2);
 
-            var words = this.text.split(/\s+/);
+            var words = this.text.trim().split(/\s+/);
             var lines = [];
 
             this.checkWordsLength(this.context, words, maxTextLength);
diff --git a/CanvasTextWrapper.min.js b/CanvasTextWrapper.min.js
index 45e4fde..3d652df 100644
--- a/CanvasTextWrapper.min.js
+++ b/CanvasTextWrapper.min.js
@@ -4,4 +4,4 @@
  *  MIT License (http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.html)
  *  Copyright (c) 2014 Vadim Namniak
  */
-!function(){"use strict";var a={font:"18px Arial, sans-serif",textAlign:"left",verticalAlign:"top",paddingX:0,paddingY:0,fitParent:!1,lineBreak:"auto",sizeToFill:!1};window.CanvasTextWrapper=function(b,c,d){if(!(this instanceof CanvasTextWrapper))throw new TypeError('CanvasTextWrapper constructor failed. Use "new" keyword when instantiating.');this.canvas=b,this.text=c;for(var e in a)this[e]=d&&d[e]?d[e]:a[e];this.lineHeight=parseInt(this.font.replace(/^\D+/g,""),10),this.validate(),this.context=this.canvas.getContext("2d"),this.context.font=this.font,this.context.textBaseline="bottom",this.drawText()},CanvasTextWrapper.prototype={drawText:function(){var a=this.fitParent===!1?this.canvas.width:this.canvas.parentNode.clientWidth,b={x:0,y:0};if(this.sizeToFill){var c=(this.fitParent===!1?this.canvas.height:this.canvas.parentNode.clientHeight)-2*this.paddingX,d=0;do{this.setFontSize(++d);var e=this.getWrappedText(a),f=e.length*this.lineHeight}while(c>f);this.setFontSize(--d)}var e=this.getWrappedText(a),f=e.length*this.lineHeight;this.setTextVerticalAlign(b,f);for(var g=0;g<e.length;g++)this.setTextHorizontalAlign(context,b,a,e[g]),b.y=parseInt(b.y)+parseInt(this.lineHeight),context.fillText(e[g],b.x,b.y)},setFontSize:function(a){var b=this.context.font.split(/\b\d+px\b/i);this.context.font=b[0]+a+"px"+b[1],this.lineHeight=a},getWrappedText:function(a){var b=a-2*this.paddingX,c=this.text.split(/\s+/),d=[];return this.checkWordsLength(this.context,c,b),this.breakTextIntoLines(this.context,d,c,b),d},checkWordsLength:function(a,b,c){for(var d=0;d<b.length;d++){var e="",f=a.measureText(b[d]).width;if(f>c){for(var g=0;a.measureText(e+b[d][g]).width<=c&&g<b[d].length;g++)e+=b[d][g];var h=b[d].slice(0,g),i=b[d].slice(g);b.splice(d,1,h,i)}}},breakTextIntoLines:function(a,b,c,d){for(var e=0,f=0;e<c.length;f++)if(b[f]="","auto"===this.lineBreak){for(;a.measureText(b[f]+c[e]).width<=d&&e<c.length;)b[f]+=c[e]+" ",e++;b[f]=b[f].trim()}else"word"===this.lineBreak&&(b[f]=c[e],e++)},setTextHorizontalAlign:function(a,b,c,d){b.x="center"===this.textAlign?(c-a.measureText(d).width)/2:"right"===this.textAlign?c-a.measureText(d).width-this.paddingX:this.paddingX},setTextVerticalAlign:function(a,b){var c=this.fitParent===!1?this.canvas.height:this.canvas.parentNode.clientHeight;a.y="middle"===this.verticalAlign?(c-b)/2:"bottom"===this.verticalAlign?c-b-this.paddingY:this.paddingY},validate:function(){if(!(this.canvas instanceof HTMLCanvasElement))throw new TypeError("From CanvasTextWrapper(): Element passed as the first parameter is not an instance of HTMLCanvasElement.");if("string"!=typeof this.text)throw new TypeError("From CanvasTextWrapper(): The second, dedicated for the text, parameter must be a string.");if(isNaN(this.lineHeight))throw new TypeError('From CanvasTextWrapper(): Cannot parse font size as an Integer. Check "font" property\'s value.');if("left"!==this.textAlign&&"center"!==this.textAlign&&"right"!==this.textAlign)throw new TypeError('From CanvasTextWrapper(): Unsupported horizontal align value is used. Property "textAlign" can only be set to "left", "center", or "right".');if("top"!==this.verticalAlign&&"middle"!==this.verticalAlign&&"bottom"!==this.verticalAlign)throw new TypeError('From CanvasTextWrapper(): Unsupported vertical align value is used. Property "verticalAlign" can only be set to "top", "middle", or "bottom".');if(isNaN(this.paddingX))throw new TypeError('From CanvasTextWrapper(): Unsupported horizontal padding value is used. Property "paddingX" must be set to a number');if(isNaN(this.paddingY))throw new TypeError('From CanvasTextWrapper(): Unsupported vertical padding value is used. Property "paddingY" must be set to a number.');if("boolean"!=typeof this.fitParent)throw new TypeError('From CanvasTextWrapper(): Property "fitParent" must be set to a Boolean.');if("auto"!==this.lineBreak&&"word"!==this.lineBreak)throw new TypeError('From CanvasTextWrapper(): Unsupported line break value is used. Property "lineBreak" can only be set to "auto", or "word".');if("boolean"!=typeof this.sizeToFill)throw new TypeError('From CanvasTextWrapper(): Property "sizeToFill" must be set to a Boolean.')}}}();
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+!function(){"use strict";var a={font:"18px Arial, sans-serif",textAlign:"left",verticalAlign:"top",paddingX:0,paddingY:0,fitParent:!1,lineBreak:"auto",sizeToFill:!1};window.CanvasTextWrapper=function(b,c,d){if(!(this instanceof CanvasTextWrapper))throw new TypeError('CanvasTextWrapper constructor failed. Use "new" keyword when instantiating.');this.canvas=b,this.text=c;for(var e in a)this[e]=d&&d[e]?d[e]:a[e];this.lineHeight=parseInt(this.font.replace(/^\D+/g,""),10),this.validate(),this.context=this.canvas.getContext("2d"),this.context.font=this.font,this.context.textBaseline="bottom",this.drawText()},CanvasTextWrapper.prototype={drawText:function(){var a=this.fitParent===!1?this.canvas.width:this.canvas.parentNode.clientWidth,b={x:0,y:0};if(this.sizeToFill){var c=(this.fitParent===!1?this.canvas.height:this.canvas.parentNode.clientHeight)-2*this.paddingX,d=this.text.trim().split(/\s+/).length,e=0;do{this.setFontSize(++e);var f=this.getWrappedText(a),g=f.length*this.lineHeight}while(c>g&&f.join(" ").split(/\s+/).length==d);this.setFontSize(--e)}var f=this.getWrappedText(a),g=f.length*this.lineHeight;this.setTextVerticalAlign(b,g);for(var h=0;h<f.length;h++)this.setTextHorizontalAlign(context,b,a,f[h]),b.y=parseInt(b.y)+parseInt(this.lineHeight),context.fillText(f[h],b.x,b.y)},setFontSize:function(a){var b=this.context.font.split(/\b\d+px\b/i);this.context.font=b[0]+a+"px"+b[1],this.lineHeight=a},getWrappedText:function(a){var b=a-2*this.paddingX,c=this.text.trim().split(/\s+/),d=[];return this.checkWordsLength(this.context,c,b),this.breakTextIntoLines(this.context,d,c,b),d},checkWordsLength:function(a,b,c){for(var d=0;d<b.length;d++){var e="",f=a.measureText(b[d]).width;if(f>c){for(var g=0;a.measureText(e+b[d][g]).width<=c&&g<b[d].length;g++)e+=b[d][g];var h=b[d].slice(0,g),i=b[d].slice(g);b.splice(d,1,h,i)}}},breakTextIntoLines:function(a,b,c,d){for(var e=0,f=0;e<c.length;f++)if(b[f]="","auto"===this.lineBreak){for(;a.measureText(b[f]+c[e]).width<=d&&e<c.length;)b[f]+=c[e]+" ",e++;b[f]=b[f].trim()}else"word"===this.lineBreak&&(b[f]=c[e],e++)},setTextHorizontalAlign:function(a,b,c,d){b.x="center"===this.textAlign?(c-a.measureText(d).width)/2:"right"===this.textAlign?c-a.measureText(d).width-this.paddingX:this.paddingX},setTextVerticalAlign:function(a,b){var c=this.fitParent===!1?this.canvas.height:this.canvas.parentNode.clientHeight;a.y="middle"===this.verticalAlign?(c-b)/2:"bottom"===this.verticalAlign?c-b-this.paddingY:this.paddingY},validate:function(){if(!(this.canvas instanceof HTMLCanvasElement))throw new TypeError("From CanvasTextWrapper(): Element passed as the first parameter is not an instance of HTMLCanvasElement.");if("string"!=typeof this.text)throw new TypeError("From CanvasTextWrapper(): The second, dedicated for the text, parameter must be a string.");if(isNaN(this.lineHeight))throw new TypeError('From CanvasTextWrapper(): Cannot parse font size as an Integer. Check "font" property\'s value.');if("left"!==this.textAlign&&"center"!==this.textAlign&&"right"!==this.textAlign)throw new TypeError('From CanvasTextWrapper(): Unsupported horizontal align value is used. Property "textAlign" can only be set to "left", "center", or "right".');if("top"!==this.verticalAlign&&"middle"!==this.verticalAlign&&"bottom"!==this.verticalAlign)throw new TypeError('From CanvasTextWrapper(): Unsupported vertical align value is used. Property "verticalAlign" can only be set to "top", "middle", or "bottom".');if(isNaN(this.paddingX))throw new TypeError('From CanvasTextWrapper(): Unsupported horizontal padding value is used. Property "paddingX" must be set to a number');if(isNaN(this.paddingY))throw new TypeError('From CanvasTextWrapper(): Unsupported vertical padding value is used. Property "paddingY" must be set to a number.');if("boolean"!=typeof this.fitParent)throw new TypeError('From CanvasTextWrapper(): Property "fitParent" must be set to a Boolean.');if("auto"!==this.lineBreak&&"word"!==this.lineBreak)throw new TypeError('From CanvasTextWrapper(): Unsupported line break value is used. Property "lineBreak" can only be set to "auto", or "word".');if("boolean"!=typeof this.sizeToFill)throw new TypeError('From CanvasTextWrapper(): Property "sizeToFill" must be set to a Boolean.')}}}();
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