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thanks again, i will try those and check the links you sent

 
Ian 





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From: Jana Harper <jana at meetduo.com>
To: NYPHP Talk <talk at lists.nyphp.org>
Sent: Fri, May 27, 2011 1:39:19 PM
Subject: Re: [nycphp-talk] font properties

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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