I actually wish the elves and half-elves were shorter. I’m short myself, so I prefer my characters to look more like Link and Cloud Strife than Kratos or Duke Nukem.
That said, I don’t like that all the short races are so squat and round. If there was a short race that had more of a fae build I’d probably play that, but gnomes, halflings and even dwarfs just don’t do it for me.
The short races have effed up proportions.
Limbs too long, shoulders too wide and heads too big. It's why I can't stand half lings and gnomes. Dwarves are affected too, just to a lesser extent. I'll still play dwarves, but not the others.
My favorite races are half elves, tieflings and dragonborn, in no particular order. The half elves look more elven than elves do. Faces should have been more angular and less "human with pointy ears".