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Drawing text

There are two methods that draw text on the canvas:

  • fill_text(text, x, y, max_width=None):
    Fills a given text at the given (x, y) position. Optionally with a maximum width to draw.
  • stroke_text(text, x, y, max_width=None):
    Strokes a given text at the given (x, y) position. Optionally with a maximum width to draw.
from ipycanvas import Canvas

canvas = Canvas(width=400, height=50)

canvas.font = "32px serif"
canvas.fill_text("Drawing from Python is cool!", 10, 32)
canvas

images/fill_text.png

from ipycanvas import Canvas

canvas = Canvas(width=400, height=50)

canvas.font = "32px serif"
canvas.stroke_text("Hello There!", 10, 32)
canvas

images/stroke_text.png

Styles and colors

You can change the text style by changing the following Canvas attributes:

  • font: (str)
    The current text style being used when drawing text. This string uses the same syntax as the CSS font property. The default font is "12px sans-serif".
  • text_align: (str)
    Text alignment setting. Possible values: "start", "end", "left", "right" or "center". The default value is "start".
  • text_baseline: (str)
    Baseline alignment setting. Possible values: "top", "hanging", "middle", "alphabetic", "ideographic", "bottom". The default value is "alphabetic".
  • direction: (str)
    Directionality. Possible values: "ltr", "rtl", "inherit". The default value is "inherit".

Note

You can still use fill_style, stroke_style, shadow_color etc for coloring text and applying shadows.