Custom Font in Javascript Canvas

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Custom Font in Javascript Canvas

A copy of an update of a JSFiddle I found through Stackoverflow.

Forked from FranciscoG's Pen Custom Font in Javascript Canvas.

A Pen by Muhammed on CodePen.

License.

index.html

<span style="font-family: 'Lobster', cursive;">&nbsp;</span>
<canvas id=c width=500 height=500></canvas>

script.js

/*
sources:
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2608022/how-can-i-use-custom-fonts-in-an-html5-canvas-element

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2756575/drawing-text-to-canvas-with-font-face-does-not-work-at-the-first-time
*/

var ctx = document.getElementById('c').getContext('2d');
var kitty = new Image();
kitty.src = 'http://i954.photobucket.com/albums/ae30/rte148/891blog_keyboard_cat.gif';
kitty.onload = function(){
  ctx.drawImage(this, 0,0,this.width, this.height);
  ctx.font         = '68px Lobster';
  ctx.fillStyle = 'orangered';
  ctx.textBaseline = 'top';
  ctx.fillText  ('Keyboard Cat', 0, 270);
};

style.css

@import url(https://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Lobster);