// canvas definition standard variables canvas = document.getElementById('canvasArea'); context=canvas.getContext("2d"); // message details centered on canvas var mText="Hi!"; var xPos = canvas.width/2; var yPos = canvas.height/2; // text format details context.font = "80pt Comic Sans MS"; context.fillStyle = 'lime'; context.textAlign = 'center'; context.textBaseline = 'middle'; // file text. context.fillText(mText,xPos,yPos);