node-canvas/examples/font.js

var fs = require('fs')
var path = require('path')
var Canvas = require('..')

var Font = Canvas.Font

if (!Font) {
  throw new Error('Need to compile with font support')
}

function fontFile (name) {
  return path.join(__dirname, '/pfennigFont/', name)
}

var pfennigFont = new Font('pfennigFont', fontFile('Pfennig.ttf'))
pfennigFont.addFace(fontFile('PfennigBold.ttf'), 'bold')
pfennigFont.addFace(fontFile('PfennigItalic.ttf'), 'normal', 'italic')
pfennigFont.addFace(fontFile('PfennigBoldItalic.ttf'), 'bold', 'italic')

var canvas = new Canvas(320, 320)
var ctx = canvas.getContext('2d')

// Tell the ctx to use the font.
ctx.addFont(pfennigFont)

ctx.font = 'normal normal 50px Helvetica'

ctx.fillText('Quo Vaids?', 0, 70)

ctx.font = 'bold 50px pfennigFont'
ctx.fillText('Quo Vaids?', 0, 140)

ctx.font = 'italic 50px pfennigFont'
ctx.fillText('Quo Vaids?', 0, 210)

ctx.font = 'bold italic 50px pfennigFont'
ctx.fillText('Quo Vaids?', 0, 280)

canvas.createPNGStream().pipe(fs.createWriteStream(path.join(__dirname, 'font.png')))