HTML | canvas fillText() Method

Last Updated : 10 Oct, 2019

The fillText() method is used to draw filled text on the canvas. The default color of the text is black.

Syntax:

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

Parameters:

text: This parameter specifies the text to be written on the canvas.
x: This parameter specifies the x-coordinate from where to start the text.
y: This parameter specifies the y-coordinate from where to end the text.
maxWidth: This parameter specifies the maximum width allowed to the text. It is optional.

Example 1:

<!DOCTYPE html> 
<html> 
  
<head> 
    <title> 
        HTML canvas fillText() Method 
    </title> 
</head> 
  
<body style="text-align:left;"> 
  
    <h1>GeeksforGeeks</h1> 
  
    <h2>HTML canvas fillText() Method</h2> 
  
    <canvas id="GFG" width="500" height="200" style="border:2px solid"> 
    </canvas> 
  
    <script> 
        var doc_id = document.getElementById("GFG"); 
        var context = doc_id.getContext("2d"); 
        context.font = "bold 30px solid"; 
        context.fillText("GeeksforGeeks", 180, 100); 
  
        // Create gradient 
        var grad = context.createLinearGradient(0, 0, doc_id.width, 0); 
        grad.addColorStop("0", "green"); 
        grad.addColorStop("0.5", "white"); 
        grad.addColorStop("1.0", "green"); 
        // Fill with gradient 
        context.fillStyle = grad; 
        context.fillText("GeeksforGeeks", 180, 120); 
    </script> 
</body> 
  
</html> 

Output:

Supported Browsers: The browser supported by HTML canvas fillText() Method are listed below:

Google Chrome
Internet Explorer 9.0
Firefox
Safari
Opera

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