What is your definition of "stretched" and "squished"/"squashed"?

Anonus

The second sample is, to me, "stretched", and the third is "squished"/"squashed".

Princess Alice

I would call the second one "squashed" and the third one "stretched", because I tend to think in the horizontal direction.

You're thinking in the vertical direction, I guess.

Princess Alice

Also I'd be more likely to say "compressed" than "squashed" or "squished", usually.

Klinotaxis

skewed

Imipolex G

squishy

Sredni Vashtar

I am actually with AU here although I can see it Centie's way, too.

Tachyon

Central Avenue said:

I would call the second one "squashed" and the third one "stretched", because I tend to think in the horizontal direction.

Sredni Vashtar

Tachyon, you are clearly my equal and opposite number! We must engage in sacred combat on the field of battle at dawn to determine who shall predominate!

Choose your weapon.

Tachyon

*blinks*

do we have to?  i'm not in a predominant mood

Calica

Central Avenue said:

I would call the second one "squashed" and the third one "stretched", because I tend to think in the horizontal direction.

You're thinking in the vertical direction, I guess.

I agree with Anonus and I think I think in the vertical direction for text because the letters themselves are usually more tall than wide.

Princess Alice

Calica said:

Central Avenue said:

I would call the second one "squashed" and the third one "stretched", because I tend to think in the horizontal direction.

You're thinking in the vertical direction, I guess.

I agree with Anonus and I think I think in the vertical direction for text because the letters themselves are usually more tall than wide.

I think a big part of it, for me, is that I tend to think in terms of signage. It's common to see signs where someone has horizontally compressed lettering to fit too much text into too small a space, but it's less common to see someone vertically stretch lettering to fill extra space. 

Calica

makes sense