You can try do it via JavaScipt added to the description of your custom field.
Please see here: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/19962608/javascript-character-count and fiddle from the answer: http://jsfiddle.net/67XDq/7/
I don't believe I can use Javascript in the cloud version? Thanks
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