Final Version of Text Arranger

The final version of Text Arranger (3.0) brings together all the HTML5 Text API features we have discussed in this chapter. (See Example 3-1.) Play with the final app, and see how the different options interact with one another. Here are a couple things you might find interesting:

  • Increasing the text size with a pattern that is the size of the canvas changes the pattern on the text. (It acts like a mask or window into the pattern itself.)

  • Canvas width and height are affected by the style width and height (scaling).

Example 3-1. Text Arranger 3.0

<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<meta charset="UTF-8">
<title>CH3EX3: Text Arranger 3.0</title>
<script src="modernizr.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="jscolor/jscolor.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript">

window.addEventListener("load", eventWindowLoaded, false);
function eventWindowLoaded() {

   canvasApp();
}

function canvasSupport () {
     return Modernizr.canvas;
}

function eventWindowLoaded() {
     var patternPreload = new Image();
     patternPreload.onload = eventAssetsLoaded;
     patternPreload.src = "texture.jpg";
}

function eventAssetsLoaded() {

   canvasApp();
}

function canvasApp() {

   var message = "your text";
   var fontSize = "50";
   var fontFace = "serif";
   var textFillColor = "#ff0000";
   var textAlpha = 1;
   var shadowX = 1;
   var shadowY = 1;
   var shadowBlur = 1;
   var shadowColor = "#707070";
   var textBaseline = "middle";
   var textAlign = "center";
   var fillOrStroke ="fill";
   var fontWeight = "normal" ...

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