JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground
HTML
<div class="frame">
<p>some text some text some text some text asdads</p>
</div>
CSS
.frame { width:120px; display:none}
JavaScript
var p = $('.frame p').clone().css('display', 'none');
$('body').append(p);
alert(p.height()); // 19
p.remove();