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[Jana Harper]

Hi Ian,

You can use line-height to adjust the height of the space the font fits in, but as far as I know there isn't a way to scale the font vertically.  Even if there was a way to do that I wouldn't recommend it because it would distort the original intended look of the typeface.  If you need a taller font and increasing the size makes it too wide, pick a different typeface.  There are quite a few to choose from with the advent of web fonts -- check out these sites:

http://typekit.com/
http://webfonts.fonts.com/
http://www.fonts.com/
http://www.google.com/webfonts

Also check out this API for accessing typefaces from various providers through a common interface: http://code.google.com/apis/webfonts/

Jana Harper
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On May 27, 2011, at 10:29 AM, Anthony Wlodarski wrote:

> The only feasible way to do this that I am aware of is with CSS3 and the font-stretch declaration.  But it will still only scale it horizontally, not vertically.
> 
> -Anthony
> 
> On 05/27/2011 01:13 PM, I H wrote:
>> 
>> Hello All:
>> 
>> I am designing a site and need assistance on one issue.   It has to deal with fonts.  to change the width of a font, you would use the font-width statement to change the font from left-to-right.  is there a way of changing it from top-to-bottom.  ie to stretch the font ?
>> 
>> 
>> thanks in advance
>> 
>> 
>>  
>> Ian
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