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 making it to give it in points ? it\'s because I want to use it in php gd, and

Answer 1

here is the above with a slight correction: (parseFloat($(this).css("font-size")) * 72.0 / 96.0).toFixed(2)

Answer 2

If your font-size is defined in pt then you may access the fontSize property of element.style as follows...

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

Answer 3

Try this:

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