HTML canvas strokeStyle Property for drawing text

Introduction

Write the text "Test!", with a gradient stroke:

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<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<body>

<canvas id="myCanvas" width="300" height="180" style="border:1px solid #d3d3d3;">
Your browser does not support the HTML5 canvas tag.</canvas>

<script>
var c = document.getElementById("myCanvas");
var ctx = c.getContext("2d");

ctx.font = "30px Verdana";

// Create gradient
var gradient = ctx.createLinearGradient(0, 0, c.width, 0);
gradient.addColorStop("0", "magenta");
gradient.addColorStop("0.5", "blue");
gradient.addColorStop("1.0", "red");

// Fill with gradient
ctx.strokeStyle = gradient;//from w  w  w. ja  v  a  2s  .c o  m
ctx.strokeText("Test!", 10, 50);
</script>

</body>
</html>



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