- From: Claas Augner via GitHub <noreply@w3.org>
- Date: Tue, 13 Jan 2026 11:52:27 +0000
- To: public-css-archive@w3.org
caugner has just created a new issue for https://github.com/w3c/csswg-drafts: == [css-fonts] Remove `font-width` in favor of `font-stretch` == ### Background In https://github.com/w3c/csswg-drafts/issues/551, `font-stretch` was renamed to `font-width`, and `font-stretch` was kept as a legacy alias. ### Problem [According to BCD](https://github.com/mdn/browser-compat-data/blob/main/css/properties/font-width.json), the `font-width` property is only supported in Safari, and [adoption of the `font-stretch` property increased significantly](https://chromestatus.com/metrics/css/timeline/popularity/80) from 3% in 2016 (when the renaming was discussed) to 26% at the end of 2025. ### Suggestion Given that `font-width` is currently not an alternative for web developers, and `font-stretch` has been widely adopted, could the rename be reverted, and `font-width` be removed? ### Links - Chrome bug: https://issues.chromium.org/issues/356670472 - Firefox bug: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1911075 Please view or discuss this issue at https://github.com/w3c/csswg-drafts/issues/13339 using your GitHub account -- Sent via github-notify-ml as configured in https://github.com/w3c/github-notify-ml-config
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