JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground
HTML
<canvas id="c" width="150" height="150"></canvas>
CSS
canvas{background-color:#ccc;}
JavaScript
var c = $('#c')[0].getContext('2d');
c.font = '11px Courier';
var txt = 'this is a very long text. Some more to print!';
printAtWordWrap(c, txt, 10, 20, 15, 90 );
function printAtWordWrap( context , text, x, y, lineHeight, fitWidth)
{
fitWidth = fitWidth || 0;
if (fitWidth <= 0)
{
context.fillText( text, x, y );
return;
}
var words = text.split(' ');
var currentLine = 0;
var idx = 1;
while (words.length > 0 && idx <= words.length)
{
var str = words.slice(0,idx).join(' ');
var w = context.measureText(str).width;
if ( w > fitWidth )
{
if (idx==1)
{
idx=2;
}
context.fillText( words.slice(0,idx-1).join(' '), x, y + (lineHeight*currentLine) );
currentLine++;
words = words.splice(idx-1);
idx = 1;
}
else
{idx++;}
}
if (idx > 0)
context.fillText( words.join(' '), x, y + (lineHeight*currentLine) );
}