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CanvasRenderingContext2D: wordSpacing property
Baseline
2025
Newly available
Since March 2025, this feature works across the latest devices and browser versions. This feature might not work in older devices or browsers.
The CanvasRenderingContext2D.wordSpacing property of the Canvas API specifies the spacing between words when drawing text.
This corresponds to the CSS word-spacing property.
Value
The word spacing as a string in the CSS <length> data format.
The default is 0px.
The property can be used to get or set the spacing. The property value will remain unchanged if set to an invalid/unparsable value.
Examples
In this example we display the text "Hello World" three times, using the wordSpacing property to modify the spacing in each case.
The spacing is also displayed for each case, using the value of the property.
HTML
html
<canvas id="canvas" width="700"></canvas>
JavaScript
js
const canvas = document.getElementById("canvas");
const ctx = canvas.getContext("2d");
ctx.font = "30px serif";
// Default word spacing
ctx.fillText(`Hello world (default: ${ctx.wordSpacing})`, 10, 40);
// Custom word spacing: 10px
ctx.wordSpacing = "10px";
ctx.fillText(`Hello world (${ctx.wordSpacing})`, 10, 90);
// Custom word spacing: 30px
ctx.wordSpacing = "30px";
ctx.fillText(`Hello world (${ctx.wordSpacing})`, 10, 140);
Result
Specifications
| Specification |
|---|
| HTML # dom-context-2d-wordspacing |
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