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This code gives the HTML canvas element JavaScript support for letter spacing. Don't confuse letter spacing with kerning http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kerning
This code is basically from http://stackoverflow.com/a/15509006
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(function(){ | |
var _fillText, | |
__slice = [].slice; | |
_fillText = CanvasRenderingContext2D.prototype.fillText; | |
CanvasRenderingContext2D.prototype.fillText = function() { | |
var args, offset, previousLetter, str, x, y, | |
_this = this; | |
str = arguments[0], x = arguments[1], y = arguments[2], args = 4 <= arguments.length ? __slice.call(arguments, 3) : []; | |
if (this.letterSpacing == null || this.letterSpacing === 0) { | |
return _fillText.apply(this, arguments); | |
} | |
offset = 0; | |
previousLetter = false; | |
return _.each(str, function(letter) { | |
_fillText.apply(_this, [letter, x + offset + _this.letterSpacing, y].concat(args)); | |
offset += _this.measureText(letter).width + _this.letterSpacing; | |
return previousLetter = letter; | |
}); | |
}; | |
})(); |
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ctx.letterSpacing = 10; | |
ctx.fillStyle = 'black'; | |
ctx.fillText( 'Hello World!', 10, 10 ); |
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I am almost 10 years late, but to anyone in the future, you need to install and import underscore js for this solution
npm i underscore
const _ = require('underscore');