Text

Like the shape functions, the text functions create a new object and add it to the stage. By default, it is centered at the specified x and y coordinates. This can be changed by setting the textAlign and textBaseline properties.

For a font to be used, but must be installed on the computer, or imported into the web page using webfonts. For this reason it may be best to stick to web safe fonts. These are fonts that are likely to be installed on all computers.

Writing Text

write(x, y, text)

Writes a string of text at the specified x and y coordinates. By default the text is centered at the specified coordinates. This can by changed using the textAlign and textBaseline properties.

Parameters

x Number x coordinate.
y Number y coordinate.
text String Text to display.

Returns

Text

write(400, 200, 'Hello World')

Live Text

display(x, y, expression)

Similar to write, except that if a variable name is passed as the third parameter, it will always display the current value of the variable.

Parameters

x Number x coordinate.
y Number y coordinate.
expression Expression Variable or expression to display.

Returns

Text

let t = 1 display(400, 200, t) on('click', t = t + 1)

Properties

object.fill

A String defining the text's fill color. This can be a known named color such as "red", "blue", etc., a hexidecimal color code in the format #rrbbgg or the individual rgb values in the format rgb(red, green, blue).

let message = write(400, 200, "Hello World") message.fill = '#a7c854'

object.font

A String defining the font used. The font must be installed on the computer, or embedded as a webfont.

let message = write(400, 200, "Hello World") message.font = 'Times'

object.fontSize

A Number defining the size of the text in pixels.

let message = write(400, 200, 'Hello World') message.fontSize = 80

object.textAlign

A String defining the horizontal alignment of the text. Accepted values are "left", "right" and "center". The default is "center".

line(400, 50, 400, 350) write(400, 150, 'Hello World').textAlign = 'left' write(400, 200, 'Hello World').textAlign = 'center' write(400, 250, 'Hello World').textAlign = 'right'

object.textBasline

A String defining the vertical alignment of the text. Accepted values are "top", "middle", "bottom" and "alphabetic". The default is "middle".

line(50, 200, 750, 200) write(140, 200, 'Top').textBaseline = 'top' write(260, 200, 'Middle').textBaseline = 'middle' write(410, 200, 'Bottom').textBaseline = 'bottom' write(600, 200, 'Alphabetic').textBaseline = 'alphabetic'