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Name

TextMetrics — measurements of a string of text

Properties

width: The width of the specified text

Description

A TextMetrics object is returned by the measureText() method of CanvasRenderingContext2D. Its width property holds the width of the measured text, in CSS pixels.

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Canvas Pocket Reference by David Flanagan