Text Area Field Not Wrapping Text When Set to Read Only

I have an Edit page where I want the user to see all the data but can only edit specific fields. I set all the fiels to Read Only except the ones I wanted them to be able to edit. I have a text area field that when it is set to Read Only does not wrap the text. It works fine on my view page and when the field is editable but when I set the field to Read Only it just display 1 long string of data.
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