Re: [nyphp-talk] font properties

2011-05-27 Thread Ronald Painter
Hi, Ian: Set font-size to the height you need and use (per Anthony's comment) font-stretch to adjust the width of the typeface. The caveat is that font-stretch is CSS3 and buggy or non-existent in most browsers. IE 9 is rumored to support it as is FF3.6+ but it is probably too early to reliably us

Re: [nyphp-talk] talk Digest, Vol 55, Issue 5

2011-05-27 Thread Julia Sheehy
ou 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 -- next part -- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.nyphp.org/pipermail/t

Re: [nyphp-talk] font properties

2011-05-27 Thread I H
thanks again, i will try those and check the links you sent Ian From: Jana Harper To: NYPHP Talk Sent: Fri, May 27, 2011 1:39:19 PM Subject: Re: [nyphp-talk] font properties Hi Ian, You can use line-height to adjust the height of the space the font fits

Re: [nyphp-talk] font properties

2011-05-27 Thread 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

Re: [nyphp-talk] font properties

2011-05-27 Thread Anthony Wlodarski
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

[nyphp-talk] font properties

2011-05-27 Thread I H
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 a