[nycphp-talk] talk Digest, Vol 55, Issue 5
Julia Sheehy
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Fri May 27 14:21:19 EDT 2011
Jana is right -- picking a different font is the best solution to this.
Try taking a look at:
http://webfontspecimen.com/
http://nicewebtype.com/
http://typekit.com/
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Date: Fri, 27 May 2011 10:13:18 -0700 (PDT)
From: I H <selyah1 at yahoo.com>
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Subject: [nycphp-talk] font properties
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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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Date: Fri, 27 May 2011 13:29:22 -0400
From: Anthony Wlodarski <anthony at tinkertownlabs.com>
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Subject: Re: [nycphp-talk] font properties
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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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Date: Fri, 27 May 2011 10:39:19 -0700
From: Jana Harper <jana at meetduo.com>
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Subject: Re: [nycphp-talk] font properties
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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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www.wellcrafted.is
@well_crafted
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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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> --
> Anthony Wlodarski
> Lead Software Engineer
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Date: Fri, 27 May 2011 10:45:53 -0700 (PDT)
From: I H <selyah1 at yahoo.com>
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Subject: Re: [nycphp-talk] font properties
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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
Duo
www.meetduo.com
www.wellcrafted.is
@well_crafted
@meetduo
206.601.0127
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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