Can you change font width on a ttf font in lazarus??

[wpflum]

I have an application that needs a specific width/height font size to fit into an image of a pre-printed form.  I see that I can change the height of a font but is there any way to change both height and width??  I found a font that closely resembles the original dot matrix font used on the real form but the geometry is off so if I have the correct height it's too wide or if I set the correct width then it's to short.  The font should look OK if i could 'squash' it horizontally but I don't see a way to do that in lazarus/freepascal .  I am currently trying to build a font from a sample printout from the printer itself but I'm having a steep learning curve with the ttf creation software and it's going to take a lot of time to get something I can use so I'd rather take the existing font and use it if possible.

Ideas??

[eny]

Thinking outside the box 

You could create a bitmap, print the text in the requested font in either the right height or width.
Then scale the image to the right size to squeeze it into the area on your form.

[mas steindorff]

You could create a bitmap, print the text in the requested font in either the right height or width.
Then scale the image to the right size to squeeze it into the area on your form.

With this approch, you may be able to use a scaner to get the old printout/ font's into your computer.