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textBaseline property

The textBaseline property specifies the vertical alignment of text drawn using the fillText or the strokeText methods. Takes one of the possible values: top, hanging, middle, alphabetic (default), ideographic, bottom (see www.w3schools.com/tags/canvas_textbaseline for meanings).asp).

Syntax

context.textBaseline = value;

Example

Let's set the text vertical alignment along the top line:

<canvas id="canvas" width="200" height="200" style="background: #f4f4f4;"></canvas> const canvas = document.getElementById('canvas'); const ctx = canvas.getContext('2d'); ctx.strokeStyle = 'red'; ctx.moveTo(0, 100); ctx.lineTo(400, 100); ctx.stroke(); ctx.font="14px Arial"; ctx.textBaseline = 'top'; ctx.fillText('text', 80, 100);

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Example

Now let's set the text vertical alignment along the bottom line:

<canvas id="canvas" width="200" height="200" style="background: #f4f4f4;"></canvas> const canvas = document.getElementById('canvas'); const ctx = canvas.getContext('2d'); ctx.strokeStyle = 'red'; ctx.moveTo(0, 100); ctx.lineTo(400, 100); ctx.stroke(); ctx.font="14px Arial"; ctx.textBaseline="bottom"; ctx.fillText('text', 80, 100);

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See also

  • the textAlign property
    that aligns text horizontally
  • the font property
    that sets a font size and type
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