Calculate text width with JavaScript

Question

I\'d like to use JavaScript to calculate the width of a string. Is this possible without having to use a monospace typeface?

If it\'s not built-in, my only idea is t

Answer 1

I wrote a little tool for that. Perhaps it's useful to somebody. It works without jQuery.

https://github.com/schickling/calculate-size

Usage:

var size = calculateSize("Hello world!", {
   font: 'Arial',
   fontSize: '12px'
});

console.log(size.width); // 65
console.log(size.height); // 14

Fiddle: http://jsfiddle.net/PEvL8/