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He's saying someone who is very overweight, I assume. I felt he was saying it in a diplomatic fashion?

Okay, I guess I can see that. Would have been clearer if they just said what they meant. I live somewhere (not in America) where having 3 kids and hating kale means you look normal. It isn't some code for "very overweight".

I think you make a good point, and I think the idea was different body sizes may not be represented.

Also I assumed the gender of the original comment, could be a she, if so, I apologize. I use he in a generic way, but seeing your post you used they.

You could always skew the image on the horizontal axis if you wanted broader people.

It's often said that one should not skew fonts.

But that's beside the point, I was only explaining what I think he was saying.

>It's often said that one should not skew fonts.

Which is neither here not there, as these are not fonts.

The idea is that distorting images, logos, or text end up with bad proportions, which the original designer did not intend. Scaling an image of a human wider does not create the illusion of being fat.

Similar idea, fonts and design are hand in hand.

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