Re: [csswg-drafts] [css-fonts-4] font-stretch is unfortunately named (#551)

I don't think we should be changing the behavior of the existing property. That would have potentially unexpected effects on existing content.

What we could consider, I think, is introducing a new `font-synthesis-width` property to explicitly enable the use of synthetic width (stretch) variants of fonts when no suitable pre-designed width variant is available. Typographic purists will presumably complain, but given that we have synthesis for other attributes, I don't think there's a strong argument to resist supporting it for width as well. Designers who care about typographic excellence don't have to use it!

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