textBaseline property

Gets or sets the current settings for the font baseline alignment.

 

Syntax

object.put_textBaseline(
            string
           v);object.get_textBaseline(
            string
          * p);

Property values

Type: string

top

The top of the em square.

hanging

The hanging baseline

middle

The middle of the em square.

alphabetic

Default. The alphabetic baseline.

ideographic

The ideographic baseline.

bottom

The bottom of the em square.

Standards information

• HTML Canvas 2D Context, Section 11

Remarks

The possible values correspond to alignment points in the font. Any other values are ignored.