Font scaling based on width of container

Question

I\'m having a hard time getting my head around font scaling.

I currently have a website with a body font-size of 100%. 100% of what though? This seems t

Answer 1

HTML

  

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JavaScript code for maximizing font-size:

var fontSize, maxHeight, maxWidth, textElement, parentElement;
textElement = document.getElementById('qwe');
parentElement = textElement.parentElement;    
maxHeight = parentElement.clientHeight;
maxWidth = parentElement.clientWidth;
fontSize = maxHeight;
var minFS = 3, maxFS = fontSize;
while (fontSize != minFS) {
  textElement.style.fontSize = `${fontSize}px`;
  if (textElement.offsetHeight < maxHeight && textElement.offsetWidth <= maxWidth) {
    minFS = fontSize;
  } else{
    maxFS = fontSize;
  }
  fontSize = Math.floor((minFS + maxFS)/2);
}
textElement.style.fontSize = `${minFS}px`;