I'd suggest the following:
document.getElementById('display-date').style.fontSize = '2em'; // or whatever measurement.
And, because I had a few moments, here's a function:
function fontSizeChange(elem, factor) {
if (!elem) {
return false;
}
else {
factor = factor || 2; // 2 is the default
elem = elem.nodeType && elem.nodeType === 1 ? elem : document.getElementById(elem);
var cur = window.getComputedStyle(elem, null).fontSize,
size = parseInt(cur.replace(/\D+/g,''),10),
unit = cur.replace(/\d+/g,'');
elem.style.fontSize = (size * factor) + unit;
}
}
Call like so:
fontSizeChange('display-date', 3);
Or:
fontSizeChange(document.getElementById('display-date'), 4);
Or (if you want to use the default setting, you can omit the factor argument):
fontSizeChange('display-date');
And, of course, you can shrink thngs too:
fontSizeChange('display-date',0.25);
You could also, of course, use CSS:
#display-date {
font-size: 2em;
}
An updated version that allows the resizing to be attached to a returned element (document.querySelector() / document.getElementById()) or a nodeList (document.getElementsByTagName() / document.querySelectorAll()):
Object.prototype.resize = function (prop, factor) {
if (prop) {
factor = parseFloat(factor) || 2;
var self = this.length ? this : [this],
cur, size, unit;
for (var i = 0, len = self.length; i < len; i++) {
var cur = window.getComputedStyle(self[i],null)[prop],
size = parseFloat(cur.replace(/\D/g,'')),
unit = cur.replace(/\d+/g,'');
self[i].style[prop] = (size * factor) + unit;
}
}
return this;
};
document.getElementsByTagName('div').resize('width',3);
document.getElementById('display-date').resize('font-size', 2.5);
Object.prototype.resize = function (prop, factor) {
if (prop) {
factor = parseFloat(factor) || 2;
var self = this.length ? this : [this],
cur, size, unit;
for (var i = 0, len = self.length; i < len; i++) {
var cur = window.getComputedStyle(self[i],null)[prop],
size = parseFloat(cur.replace(/\D/g,'')),
unit = cur.replace(/\d+/g,'');
self[i].style[prop] = (size * factor) + unit;
}
}
return this;
};
document.querySelectorAll('div').resize('height',3);
document.querySelector('#display-date').resize('font-size', 0.5);
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