JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground
by Jagi
HTML
<canvas id="canvas" width="1000" height="300"></canvas>
CSS
body { margin: 0; background-color: gray; }
canvas { background: white; }
JavaScript
(function(){
var NAME = "FontMetrics Library"
var VERSION = "1-2012.0121.1300";
// if there is no getComputedStyle, this library won't work.
if(!document.defaultView.getComputedStyle) {
throw("ERROR: 'document.defaultView.getComputedStyle' not found. This library only works in browsers that can report computed CSS values.");
}
// store the old text metrics function on the Canvas2D prototype
CanvasRenderingContext2D.prototype.measureTextWidth = CanvasRenderingContext2D.prototype.measureText;
/**
* shortcut function for getting computed CSS values
*/
var getCSSValue = function(element, property) {
return document.defaultView.getComputedStyle(element,null).getPropertyValue(property);
};
// debug function
var show = function(canvas, ctx, xstart, w, h, metrics)
{
document.body.appendChild(canvas);
ctx.strokeStyle = 'rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.5)';
ctx.beginPath();
ctx.moveTo(xstart,0);
ctx.lineTo(xstart,h);
ctx.closePath();
ctx.stroke();
ctx.beginPath();
ctx.moveTo(xstart+metrics.bounds.maxx,0);
ctx.lineTo(xstart+metrics.bounds.maxx,h);
ctx.closePath();
ctx.stroke();
ctx.beginPath();
ctx.moveTo(0,h/2-metrics.ascent);
ctx.lineTo(w,h/2-metrics.ascent);
ctx.closePath();
ctx.stroke();
ctx.beginPath();
ctx.moveTo(0,h/2+metrics.descent);
ctx.lineTo(w,h/2+metrics.descent);
ctx.closePath();
ctx.stroke();
}
/**
* The new text metric object constructor
*/
TextMetrics = function () {
};
TextMetrics.prototype = {};
/**
* The new text metrics function
*/
CanvasRenderingContext2D.prototype.measureText = function(textstring) {
var metrics = this.measureTextWidth(textstring),
fontFamily = getCSSValue(this.canvas,"font-family"),
fontSize = getCSSValue(this.canvas,"font-size").replace("px",""),
isSpace = !(/\S/.test(textstring));
metrics.fontsize = fontSize;
// for text lead values,...