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

On Thu, Aug 12, 2010 at 8:20 PM, John Daggett <jdaggett@mozilla.com> wrote:
> 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.

Right, synthesizing it by running a transform on individual glyphs
would make sense.  You can't do that with CSS transforms, though.

~TJ

Received on Friday, 13 August 2010 05:57:02 UTC