$(document).ready(function()
{
    var theElement = $("#divArticleText").css("font-size");
    var textSize2 = parseFloat(theElement, 10);
    var unitOfMeasurement = theElement.slice(-2);

$('div#textSize>a').click(function()
{

	<!-- alert(theElement); -->
			
	 if ( (this).id == "largerTextLink")
    {
	textSize2 += 2;
    }
    else if ( (this).id == "smallerTextLink")
    {
	 textSize2 -= 2;
    };
		
    $('div#articleText').css("font-size",  textSize2 + unitOfMeasurement);

    return false;
    });
});