Size of text Including line breaks

I have developed a function that calculates the maximum size of text:

        function CalculateMaxTextSize(width, height, text)
        {
            var ourText = $('span').css('font-weight', 'bold').text(text);
            var fontSize = 20;
            ourText.css('font-size', fontSize);
            do {
                fontSize = fontSize - 1;
                textHeight = ourText.height();
                textWidth = ourText.width();
                ourText.css('font-size', fontSize);
            } while ((textHeight > height || textWidth > width) && fontSize > 1);

            return fontSize;
        }

This function works accurately for single-line texts. However, I am facing difficulties calculating it for two or more lines. When debugging in Chrome, I received the following message: https://i.stack.imgur.com/4TO3P.jpg

Although line breaks exist, the function still treats it as a single-line text.

MODIFIED VERSION

To address this issue, I made modifications to my function (thanks gaetanoM):

        function CalculateMaxTextSize(width, height, text)
        {
            var ourTextArr = [];

            var texts = text.split('\n');
            var fontSize = 20;
            $.each(texts, function (index, value) {
                if (value != '') {
                    var ourText = $('span').css('font-weight', 'bold').text(value);
                    ourText.css('font-size', fontSize);
                    ourTextArr.push(ourText);
                }
            });

            do{
                fontSize = fontSize - 1;
                var textHeight = 0;
                var textWidth = 0;
                $.each(ourTextArr, function(index, value) {
                    textHeight += value.height();
                    if (value.width() > textWidth)
                        textWidth = value.width();
                    value.css('font-size', fontSize);
                });
            }
            while ((textHeight > height || textWidth > width) && fontSize > 1);
            return fontSize;
        }

Although the modification includes changing the font size of value.width(), it seems that value.height() remains constant. Why is this happening?

Answer №1

It is not possible to accurately measure the height of a <span> element as it will always have a height equal to one line-height. To measure the height of a block of text, it should be placed within a block-level element such as a <div>.

In order to fit the text within a specific area, adjusting only the font size may not provide an optimal solution as both the width and height can vary independently. A better approach is to set the width of the containing element to the predetermined value and then gradually reduce the font size until the measured height falls below the desired height:

function AdjustFontSizeToFit(width, height, text) {
  var $container = $('#container');
  $container
    .width(width) // <-- set a fixed width
    .html(text.replace(/\n/g, '<br>')) // <-- (so we can measure all together instead of splitting on newlines)
    .css('font-weight', 'bold'); // <-- probably belongs in CSS instead
    
  for (var fontSize = 20; fontSize > 0; fontSize--) {
    $container.css('font-size', fontSize+'px');
    if ($container.height() <= height) {
      break;
    }
  }
  return fontSize;
}

// Test rig so you can experiment with different values:
$('#test').click(function() {
  var w = $('#w').val();
  var h = $('#h').val();
  var t = $('#t').val();
  var size = AdjustFontSizeToFit(w,h,t);
  console.log("Set font-size to "+size+"px");
});
<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/2.1.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
Desired width: <input id="w" value="200"><br>
Desired height: <input id="h" value="400"><br>
Text: <textarea id="t">Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer adipiscing elit, sed diam nonummy nibh euismod tincidunt ut laoreet dolore magna aliquam erat volutpat. 

Ut wisi enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exerci tation ullamcorper suscipit lobortis nisl ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat. Duis autem vel eum iriure dolor in hendrerit in vulputate velit esse molestie consequat, vel illum dolore eu feugiat nulla facilisis at vero eros et accumsan et iusto odio dignissim qui blandit praesent luptatum zzril delenit augue duis dolore te feugait nulla facilisi.
</textarea><br>
<button id="test">Test it</button>

<div id="container"></div>

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