html

main();

// Rerun on window resize.
window.addEventListener('resize', main);


function main() {
  // Prepare canvas with properly scaled dimensions.
  scaleCanvas();

  // Test scaling calculations by rendering some text.
  testRender();
}


function scaleCanvas() {
  const container = document.querySelector('#container');
  const canvas = document.querySelector('#canvas');

  // Get desired dimensions for canvas from container.
  let {width, height} = container.getBoundingClientRect();

  // Get pixel ratio.
  const dpr = window.devicePixelRatio;

  // (Optional) Report the dpr.
  document.querySelector('#dpr').innerHTML = dpr.toFixed(4);

  // Size the canvas a bit bigger than desired.
  // Use exaggeration = 0 in real code.
  const exaggeration = 20;
  width = Math.ceil (width * dpr + exaggeration);
  height = Math.ceil (height * dpr + exaggeration);

  // Set the canvas resolution dimensions (integer values).
  canvas.width = width;
  canvas.height = height;

  /*-----------------------------------------------------------
                         - KEY STEP -
   Set the canvas layout dimensions with respect to the canvas
   resolution dimensions. (Not necessarily integer values!)
   -----------------------------------------------------------*/
  canvas.style.width = `${width / dpr}px`;
  canvas.style.height = `${height / dpr}px`;

  // Adjust canvas coordinates to use CSS pixel coordinates.
  const ctx = canvas.getContext('2d');
  ctx.scale(dpr, dpr);
}


function testRender() {
  const canvas = document.querySelector('#canvas');
  const ctx = canvas.getContext('2d');

  // fontBaseline is the location of the baseline of the serif font
  // written as a fraction of line-height and calculated from the top
  // of the line downwards. (Measured by trial and error.)
  const fontBaseline = 0.83;

  // Start at the top of the box.
  let baseline = 0;

  // 50px font text
  ctx.font = `50px serif`;
  ctx.fillText("Hello World", 0, baseline + fontBaseline * 50);
  baseline += 50;

  // 25px font text
  ctx.font = `25px serif`;
  ctx.fillText("Hello World", 0, baseline + fontBaseline * 25);
  baseline += 25;

  // 12.5px font text
  ctx.font = `12.5px serif`;
  ctx.fillText("Hello World", 0, baseline + fontBaseline * 12.5);
}

/* HTML is red */

#container
{
  background-color: red;
  position: relative;
  /* Setting a border will mess up scaling calculations. */

  /* Hide canvas overflow (if any) in real code. */
  /* overflow: hidden; */
}

/* Canvas is green */

#canvas
{
  background-color: rgba(0,255,0,.8);
  animation: 2s ease-in-out infinite alternate both comparison;
}

/* animate to compare HTML and Canvas renderings */

@keyframes comparison
{
  33% {opacity:1; transform: translate(0,0);}
  100% {opacity:.7; transform: translate(7.5%,15%);}
}

/* hover to pause */

#canvas:hover, #container:hover > #canvas
{
  animation-play-state: paused;
}

/* click to translate Canvas by (1px, 1px) */

#canvas:active
{
  transform: translate(1px,1px) !important;
  animation: none;
}

/* HTML text */

.text
{
  position: absolute;
  color: white;
}

.text:nth-child(1)
{
  top: 0px;
  font-size: 50px;
  line-height: 50px;
}

.text:nth-child(2)
{
  top: 50px;
  font-size: 25px;
  line-height: 25px;
}

.text:nth-child(3)
{
  top: 75px;
  font-size: 12.5px;
  line-height: 12.5px;
}

<!-- Make the desired dimensions strange to guarantee truncation. -->
<div id="container" style="width: 313.235px; height: 157.122px">
  <!-- Render text in HTML. -->
  <div class="text">Hello World</div>
  <div class="text">Hello World</div>
  <div class="text">Hello World</div>

  <!-- Render text in Canvas. -->
  <canvas id="canvas"></canvas>
</div>

<!-- Interaction instructions. -->
<p>Hover to pause the animation.<br>
Click to translate the green box by (1px, 1px).</p>

<!-- Color key. -->
<p><em style="color:red">red</em> = HTML rendered<br>
<em style="color:green">green</em> = Canvas rendered</p>

<!-- Report pixel ratio. -->
<p>Device pixel ratio: <code id="dpr"></code>
<em>(physical pixels per CSS pixel)</em></p>

<!-- Info. -->
<p>Zoom your browser to re-run the scaling calculations.
(<code>Ctrl+</code> or <code>Ctrl-</code>)</p>