Re: [css3-fonts] Behdad's Feedback on CSS Fonts Module Level 3 Editor's Draft 5 April 2010

Tab Atkins Jr. wrote:

> >> Add a hint that agents may synthesize stretch?
> >
> > I don't think user agents should synthesize stretch.  With CSS
> > transforms, authors can stretch or squish text if like this if they
> > like but I don't think it should be something done automagically by
> > user agents.
> 
> Using transforms for stretching/shrinking fonts doesn't make sense.
> That would stretch/shrink the entire element, not just the text.

Stretch is typically "synthesized" by via an x-scale transform on
individual glyphs, the effect is the same.