TextMetrics: alphabeticBaseline property

Baseline 2023

Newly available

Since October 2023, this feature works across the latest devices and browser versions. This feature might not work in older devices or browsers.

Note: This feature is available in Web Workers.

The read-only alphabeticBaseline property of the TextMetrics interface is a double giving the distance from the horizontal line indicated by the CanvasRenderingContext2D.textBaseline property to the alphabetic baseline of the line box, in CSS pixels.

Examples

js
const canvas = document.createElement("canvas");
const ctx = canvas.getContext("2d");
const text = ctx.measureText("foo"); // returns TextMetrics object

text.alphabeticBaseline; // -0;

Specifications

Specification
HTML Standard
# dom-textmetrics-alphabeticbaseline-dev

Browser compatibility

desktopmobile
Chrome
Edge
Firefox
Opera
Safari
Chrome Android
Firefox for Android
Opera Android
Safari on iOS
Samsung Internet
WebView Android
alphabeticBaseline

See also