diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 64b0b3e..55bf983 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -123,6 +123,7 @@ Renders a string to a 2D cell complex
     + `options.fontStyle` if set, determines the [font-style](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/font-style)
     + `options.fontVariant` if set, determines the [font-variant](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/font-variant)
     + `options.fontWeight` if set, determines the [font-weight](https://developer.mozilla.org/en/docs/Web/CSS/font-weight)
+    + `options.fontStretch` if set, determines the [font-stretch](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/CanvasRenderingContext2D/fontStretch)
     + `options.size` is the [font-size](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/font-size) used for the rasterization step (determines level of detail of the mesh)
     + `options.textBaseline` determines the baseline, same semantics as the canvas [textBaseline](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Drawing_text_using_a_canvas#Attributes) property.  Default: `"alphabetic"`
     + `options.textAlign` determines the alignment for the text, same semantics as canvas [textAlign](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Drawing_text_using_a_canvas#Attributes).  Default: `"start"`
diff --git a/lib/vtext.js b/lib/vtext.js
index b1ce2d8..3712772 100644
--- a/lib/vtext.js
+++ b/lib/vtext.js
@@ -436,6 +436,7 @@ function vectorizeText(str, canvas, context, options) {
        options.styletags.superscripts ? true : false
   }
 
+  context.fontStretch = options.fontStretch || "normal"
   context.font = [
     options.fontStyle,
     options.fontVariant,