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Re: Finding out a fonts height

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bit-naughty@hotmail.com wrote on 27 Apr 2016 in comp.lang.javascript:

> How do I query what the max height is for the current font at the
> current size? Like, say a capital letter like "D" (I guess that would be
> as maximum a size as anything else...? ). Like, I can obviously set it
> to whatever I want, but if the user does a CTRL + mousewheel up , then
> it can change 

Not in Chrome, it is the pixel size that changes on Ctrl + mousewheel,
so the size of an element in virtual pixels stays the same.

> - is there any way to query it? 

Don't think so.

I would like to be able to measure the print-size of an element in 
centimeters [or inches if you are into that].

-- 
Evertjan.
The Netherlands.
(Please change the x'es to dots in my emailaddress)

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Finding out a fonts height bit-naughty@hotmail.com - 2016-04-27 10:17 -0700
  Re: Finding out a fonts height "Evertjan." <exxjxw.hannivoort@inter.nl.net> - 2016-04-27 23:18 +0200
    Re: Finding out a fonts height bit-naughty@hotmail.com - 2016-04-30 05:47 -0700
      Re: Finding out a fonts height "Evertjan." <exxjxw.hannivoort@inter.nl.net> - 2016-05-01 00:01 +0200
        Re: Finding out a fonts height bit-naughty@hotmail.com - 2016-05-04 23:04 -0700
  Re: Finding out a fonts height Aleksandro <aleksandro@gmx.com> - 2016-04-27 22:36 -0300
  Re: Finding out a fonts height bit-naughty@hotmail.com - 2016-04-30 05:46 -0700
    Re: Finding out a fonts height "Michael Haufe (TNO)" <tno@thenewobjective.com> - 2016-05-05 18:13 -0700

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