With the html canvas api we can draw text using a selected font: From the mdn documentation on canvasrenderingcontext2d.font: Somehow i was thinking that vscode will query the font itself.
When i try to set a font using the following method, i get a keyerror: The following is the font i have defined in my css: I'm using reportlab to create pdfs.
Lol, that's what i needed. I've looked at things like cufon and typeface.js but they seem to be sifr alternatives and don't allow you to set freeform coordinates and draw custom type onto a. So for the benefit of the community, i thought i'd share my success in getting custom fonts to work in canvas. Like images, fonts are allowed to load asynchronously.
Here is my attempt but it does not work so far: Pdf = canvas('test.pdf') pdf.setfont('tahoma', 16) but if i use 'courier' instead of 'tah. I am completely baffled as to how to change the font i'm using when drawing text on a canvas. However, it still makes sense.
I also want to add that if you're using macos you'll need to paste.ttf fonts which you've. Var canvas = require ('canvas') , image = canvas.image , font =.