Baseline 2025
Newly available
The CanvasRenderingContext2D.wordSpacing
property of the Canvas API specifies the spacing between words when drawing text.
This corresponds to the CSS word-spacing
property.
The word spacing as a string in the CSS <length>
data format. The default is 0px
.
The property can be used to get or set the spacing. The property value will remain unchanged if set to an invalid/unparsable value.
ExamplesIn this example we display the text "Hello World" three times, using the wordSpacing
property to modify the spacing in each case. The spacing is also displayed for each case, using the value of the property.
<canvas id="canvas" width="700"></canvas>
JavaScript
const canvas = document.getElementById("canvas");
const ctx = canvas.getContext("2d");
ctx.font = "30px serif";
// Default word spacing
ctx.fillText(`Hello world (default: ${ctx.wordSpacing})`, 10, 40);
// Custom word spacing: 10px
ctx.wordSpacing = "10px";
ctx.fillText(`Hello world (${ctx.wordSpacing})`, 10, 90);
// Custom word spacing: 30px
ctx.wordSpacing = "30px";
ctx.fillText(`Hello world (${ctx.wordSpacing})`, 10, 140);
Result Specifications Browser compatibility See also
RetroSearch is an open source project built by @garambo | Open a GitHub Issue
Search and Browse the WWW like it's 1997 | Search results from DuckDuckGo
HTML:
3.2
| Encoding:
UTF-8
| Version:
0.7.3