get jquery to return font-size in points

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 it requires the font size to be in poi开发者_如何学运维nts

Try this:

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

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;

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