from third party javascript

basic-style-snoop.js

        function getStyle (node, property, camel) {
            var value;

            if (window.getComputedStyle) {
                value = document.defaultView.getComputedStyle(node, null)
                    .getPropertyValue(property);
            } else if (node.currentStyle) {
                // IE fallback
                value = node.currentStyle[property] ?
                        node.currentStyle[property] :
                        node.currentStyle[camel];
            }

            if (value === '' ||
                    value === 'transparent' ||
                    value === 'rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)') {
                return getStyle(node.parentNode, property, camel);
            } else {
                return value || '';
            }
        }
            
        function getBasicStyles(container) {
            var anchor = document.createElement('a');
            container.appendChild(anchor);

            function get(prop, camel) {
                return getStyle(container, prop, camel);
            }

            var styles = {
                anchorColor     : getStyle(anchor, 'color'),
                fontColor       : get('color'),
                direction       : get('direction'),
                fontFamily      : get('font-family', 'fontFamily').replace(/['"]/g, '')
            };

            anchor.parentNode.removeChild(anchor);

            return styles;
        }