To draw a filled text on the canvas in HTML5, use the fillText() method. Here’s the syntax of the fillText() method. It fills the given text at the given position indicated by the given coordinates x and y. The default color is black.
fillText(text, x, y [, maxWidth ] )
Here are the parameter values of the fillText() method:
| S. No | Parameter | Description |
| 1 | text | The text to be written |
| 2 | x | x coordinate |
| 3 | y | y coordinate |
| 4 | maxWidth | Maximum allowed width, in pixels |
Example
You can try to run the following code to draw a text with fillText() in HTML5:
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<title>HTML5 Canvas fillText()</title>
</head>
<body>
<canvas id="newCanvas" width="400" height="150" style="border:1px solid #000000;"></canvas>
<script>
var c = document.getElementById("newCanvas");
var ctxt = c.getContext("2d");
ctxt.fillStyle = '#00F';
ctxt.font = "20px Georgia";
ctxt.fillText("Tutorialspoint", 10, 50);
ctxt.fillStyle = '#Cff765';
ctxt.font = "30px Verdana";
ctxt.fillText("Simply Easy Learning!", 10, 90);
</script>
</body>
</html>