JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground

by Michael Prosser

HTML

<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/3.3.1/jquery.min.js"></script>

JavaScript

function getTextWidth(){

    var dom = $('<div style="position:absolute;width:10000px"><span style="font-weight:bold; font-size:70px; font-family:helvetica;visibility:hidden;">SOme stuff</span></div>');
  $('body').append(dom);
  var width = dom.find('span').width();
  dom.remove();
  
  return width;

}
alert(getTextWidth());