Canvas Test

Testing loading of Google fonts in canvas. Works here but having trouble making it work on first load in website

by HatHead

HTML

<!-- you need to empty your browser cache and do a hard reload EVERYTIME to test this otherwise it will appear to working when, in fact, it isn't -->

<h1>Title Font</h1>

<p>Paragraph font...</p>
<canvas id="myCanvas" width="740" height="400"></canvas>

CSS

@import url(http://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Architects+Daughter);
 @import url(http://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Rock+Salt);
 canvas {
    font-family:'Rock Salt', 'Architects Daughter'
}
.wf-loading p {
    font-family: serif
}
.wf-inactive p {
    font-family: serif
}
.wf-active p {
    font-family:'Architects Daughter', serif;
    font-size: 24px;
    font-weight: bold;
}
.wf-loading h1 {
    font-family: serif;
    font-weight: 400;
    font-size: 42px
}
.wf-inactive h1 {
    font-family: serif;
    font-weight: 400;
    font-size: 42px
}
.wf-active h1 {
    font-family:'Rock Salt', serif;
    font-weight: 400;
    font-size: 42px;
}

JavaScript

// do the Google Font Loader stuff....
WebFontConfig = {
    google: {
        families: ['Architects Daughter', 'Rock Salt']
    }
};
(function () {
    var wf = document.createElement('script');
    wf.src = ('https:' == document.location.protocol ? 'https' : 'http') +
        '://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/webfont/1/webfont.js';
    wf.type = 'text/javascript';
    wf.async = 'true';
    var s = document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0];
    s.parentNode.insertBefore(wf, s);
})();

//play with the milliseconds delay to find the threshold - don't forget to empty your browser cache and do a hard reload!
setTimeout(WriteCanvasText, 0);

function WriteCanvasText() {
    // write some text to the canvas
    var canvas = document.getElementById("myCanvas");
    var context = canvas.getContext("2d");
    context.font = "normal" + " " + "normal" + " " + "bold" + " " + "42px" + " " + "Rock Salt";
    context.fillStyle = "#d50";
    context.fillText("Canvas Title", 5, 100);
    context.font = "normal" + " " + "normal" + " " + "bold" + " " + "24px" + " " + "Architects Daughter";
    context.fillText("Here is some text on the canvas...", 5, 180);
}