How to get font properties of particular element in JavaScript ?

Give a string element and the task is to get the font properties of a particular element using JavaScript.

Approach:

  • Store a string to the variable.
  • Then use element.style.property to get the propertyValue of that element property.

Example 1: This example gets the font-family of the element [id = ‘GFG_UP’].

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<!DOCTYPE HTML> 
<html> 
    <head> 
        <title> 
            How to get the font family property of
            a particular element in JavaScript ?
        </title>
    </head> 
      
    <body style = "text-align:center;"> 
          
        <h1 style = "color:green;" > 
            GeeksForGeeks 
        </h1> 
          
        <p id = "GFG_UP" style =
            "font-size: 16px; font-family: sans-serif; font-weight: bold;">     
        </p>
          
        <button onclick = "gfg_Run()"> 
            Click here
        </button>
          
        <p id = "GFG_DOWN" style = 
            "color:green; font-size: 30px; font-weight: bold;">
        </p>
          
        <script>
            var el_up = document.getElementById("GFG_UP");
            var el_down = document.getElementById("GFG_DOWN");
          
            var str = "click on button to get the font property";
          
            el_up.innerHTML = str;
          
            function gfg_Run() {
                el_down.innerHTML =
                    "font-style is '" + el_up.style.fontFamily + "'";
            }         
        </script> 
    </body> 
</html>

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Example 2: This example gets the font-weight of the element [id = ‘GFG_UP’].











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<!DOCTYPE HTML>   


<html>   


    <head>  


        <title>  


            How to get the font weight property of 


            a particular element in JavaScript ? 


        </title> 


    </head>  


      


    <body style = "text-align:center;"> 


            


        <h1 style = "color:green;" >   


            GeeksForGeeks   


        </h1>  


          


        <p id = "GFG_UP" style =  


            "font-size: 16px; font-family: sans-serif; font-weight: bold;">      


        </p> 


          


        <button onclick = "gfg_Run()">  


            Click here 


        </button> 


          


        <p id = "GFG_DOWN" style = 


            "color:green; font-size: 30px; font-weight: bold;"> 


        </p> 


          


        <script> 


            var el_up = document.getElementById("GFG_UP"); 


            var el_down = document.getElementById("GFG_DOWN"); 


              


            var str = "click on button to get the font property"; 


              


            el_up.innerHTML = str; 


              


            function gfg_Run() { 


                el_down.innerHTML =  


                    "font-weight is '"+el_up.style.fontWeight + "'"; 


            }            


        </script>  


    </body>   


</html> 



















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