HTML canvas fillText() Method

Introduction

Write "Hello world!" and "Test!" (with gradient) on the canvas, using fillText():

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<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<body>

<canvas id="myCanvas" width="300" height="180" style="border:1px solid #d3d3d3;">
Your browser does not support the HTML5 canvas tag.</canvas>

<script>
var c = document.getElementById("myCanvas");
var ctx = c.getContext("2d");

ctx.font = "20px Georgia";
ctx.fillText("Hello World!", 10, 50);

ctx.font = "30px Verdana";
// Create gradient
var gradient = ctx.createLinearGradient(0, 0, c.width, 0);
gradient.addColorStop("0", "magenta");
gradient.addColorStop("0.5", "blue");
gradient.addColorStop("1.0", "red");
// Fill with gradient
ctx.fillStyle = gradient;/*from w  w w .j a  va  2 s  .  c o  m*/
ctx.fillText("Test!", 10, 90);
</script>

</body>
</html>

The fillText() method draws filled text on the canvas.

The default color of the text is black.

Use the font property to specify font and font size, and use the fillStyle property to render the text in another color/gradient. 

context.fillText(text, x, y, maxWidth);

Parameter Values

Parameter Description
text Sets the text that will be written on the canvas
x The x coordinate where to start painting the text
y The y coordinate where to start painting the text
maxWidth Optional. The maximum allowed width of the text, in pixels



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