Get jquery to return font size in points

Question

when i use .css ('font-size') in jquery it returns the value in pixels, is there any way to get it to give it in points? because i want to use it in php gd and it requires the font size to be in dots

Answer 1

Try the following:

var fontSize = ...
var points = parseInt(fontSize) * 72 / 96

Answer 2

If your is font-sizedefined in pt, you can access the property fontSize element.styleas follows ...

var element = document.getElementById('my_element'),
    //return size as it is defined 
    fontSize = element.style.fontSize;

Answer 3

: (parseFloat ($ (this).css( "font-size" )) * 72.0/96.0). toFixed (2)