Re: [csswg-drafts] [css-fonts-4] font-stretch is unfortunately named

Just to chime in, even though `font-stretch` isn't the only 
unfortunately-name property, it is specifically named as something 
that many designers are trained is a formally terrible thing to do. 
"Stretching" is reserved for novices or for deliberately rule-breaking
 design, whereas "font-width" is the vernacular name for a feature of 
typographic control that will see more and more use with upcoming 
variable font technology. As the web becomes a richer and richer 
typographic tool, it seems like a good opportunity to also embrace a 
few pieces of mainstream type terminology. 

Finally, I do see that `font-stretch` has momentum, but if WebKit were
 to do it better, wouldn't that take care of a large percentage of 
browser users from the get-go, and help prove whether such a concept 
has value? I might be misunderstanding the coverage of this piece of 
development, but even if this is Safari-only, positive change has to 
start somewhere.

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