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A word on the canvas

What we are doing

Text is drawn like a rectangle: set the pen (font, alignment, color), then fillText. We write one word, rocket.

```js
const FONT = 'bold 20px monospace'

ctx.font = FONT
ctx.textAlign = 'left'
ctx.fillStyle = '#cbd5e1'
ctx.fillText('rocket', 40, 120)
```

What it means

• FONT is the words' font: bold, 20 pixels, monospace (every letter equally wide).
• textAlign = 'left' puts the start of the text at x.
• fillText(text, x, y) paints the text; y is its baseline, the line the letters sit on.

Your turn

1. Under GROUND write FONT.
2. At the very end, leave an empty line and write the four text lines.

Skills: Drawing on a canvas

← The ground A function that draws →

All steps

1. A sky for the words
2. The ground
3. A word on the canvas
4. A function that draws
5. A list of words
6. Make them fall
7. The game loop
8. A new word from the list
9. Let it rain
10. Gone past the ground
11. Lock on to a word
12. Listen to the keyboard
13. Letter by letter
14. Half a word in yellow
15. Let go of a lost word
16. Lives
17. Hearts
18. Score
19. Out of lives
20. Freeze the game
21. The game over panel
22. Play again
23. Levels
24. Faster and faster
25. Best score
26. Accuracy
27. Words per minute
28. Your speed at the end
29. Where the keys go
30. Draw the keyboard
31. Light up the next key
32. Tap the keys
33. Build it yourself: change your mind