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HTML Canvas Text


HTML Canvas Text

To draw text on the canvas, the most important property and methods are:

  • font - defines the font properties for the text
  • fillText() - draws "filled" text
  • strokeText() - draws "outlined" text (no fill)

The font Property

The font property defines the font to be used and the size of the font.

The default value for this property is "10px sans serif".


The fillText() Method

The fillText() method is used to draw "filled" text.

The fillText() method has the following parameters:

Parameter Description
text Required. The text-string to be drawn
x Required. The x-coordinate of the start of the string
y Required. The y-coordinate of the start of the string
maxwidth Optional. The maximum width of the text-string

Example

Set font to 50px "Arial" and write the filled text on the canvas. Start in position (10,80):

Your browser does not support the HTML5 canvas tag.
<script>
const canvas = document.getElementById("myCanvas");
const ctx = canvas.getContext("2d");

ctx.font = "50px Arial";
ctx.fillText("Hello World",10,80);
</script>
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The strokeText() Method

The strokeText() method is used to draw "outlined" text.

The strokeText() method has the following parameters:

Parameter Description
text Required. The text-string to be drawn
x Required. The x-coordinate of the start of the string
y Required. The y-coordinate of the start of the string
maxwidth Optional. The maximum width of the text-string

Example

Set font to 50px "Arial" and write the outlined text on the canvas. Start in position (10,80):

Your browser does not support the HTML5 canvas tag.
<script>
const canvas = document.getElementById("myCanvas");
const ctx = canvas.getContext("2d");

ctx.font = "50px Arial";
ctx.strokeText("Hello World",10,80);
</script>
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Example

Add bold and italic to font:

Your browser does not support the HTML5 canvas tag.
<script>
const canvas = document.getElementById("myCanvas");
const ctx = canvas.getContext("2d");

ctx.font = "bold italic 50px Arial";
ctx.strokeText("Hello World",10,80);
</script>
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