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HTML

<div class="button">
  <div class="button-text">
    Very long button text
  </div>
</div>

CSS

.button {
  display: inline-block;
  padding: 10px 20px;
  background: yellow;
  text-align: center;

}

.button-text {
  line-height: 30px;
  transform: scale(0.7, 1);
  white-space: nowrap;
}