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'm using text-metrics package. Works really nice, I tried this solution but in some reasons, it counts it wrong.

textMetrics.init(document.querySelector('h1'), { fontSize: '20px' });

textMetrics.init({
  fontSize: '14px',
  lineHeight: '20px',
  fontFamily: 'Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif',
  fontWeight: 400,
  width: 100,
});