Html Codes: Canvas- Use Writing Features to Draw Texts

It is common to use texts within the graphics. HTML5 Canvas has feature to write texts in different formats and fonts. You can set the text alignment and its baseline position, fit a text to a specified width, change font size and font styles and etc. The following codes show how HTML5 Canvas text features works within the web pages. Enjoy!

<canvas id="myCanvas" width="400" height="250"></canvas>
<script>
    var cnv = document.getElementById('myCanvas')
    var ctx = cnv.getContext('2d')
 	ctx.fillStyle= "brown"
 	ctx.strokeStyle= "darkgreen"
 	
   	ctx.font= "16pt serif"
    ctx.fillText('Serif-16', 10, 20)
	
	ctx.font= "italic 16pt Tahoma"
    ctx.fillText('Tahamoa-it-Fill', 220, 20)
    ctx.strokeText('Tahamoa-it-Stroke', 10, 60)
    ctx.fillText('Tahamoa-it-Compressed', 220, 60, 100)
    
	ctx.font= "oblique lighter 18pt Courier New"
    ctx.fillText('Courier-New-Oblique', 10, 105)
    var w= ctx.measureText('Courier-New-Oblique').width
    ctx.fillText('This text is fitted with the above text.', 10, 130, w)
    
	ctx.beginPath()
	ctx.moveTo(150, 170)
	ctx.lineTo(150, 220)
	ctx.moveTo(20, 180)
	ctx.lineTo(260, 180)
	ctx.moveTo(20, 220)
	ctx.lineTo(260, 220)
    ctx.strokeStyle= "blue"
    ctx.stroke()


 	ctx.font= "italic bold 16pt Arial"
 	ctx.textBaseline= 'middle'
	ctx.textAlign= 'right'
    ctx.fillText('Right-Middle', 150, 180)
 	ctx.textBaseline= 'bottom'
	ctx.textAlign= 'center'
    ctx.fillText('Center-Bottom', 150, 220)    
</script>
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