<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<title>Title of the document</title>
<style>
.stretchedText {
letter-spacing: 2px;
display: inline-block;
font-size: 40px;
transform: scaleY(0.5);
transform-origin: 0 0;
margin-bottom: -50%;
}
span {
font-size: 20px;
vertical-align: top;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<span class="stretchedText">This is a stretched text</span>
<span>and this is a normal text.</span>
</body>
</html>