Canvas text not showing? - JavaScript

Question

I am using the ctx.fillText function to draw text onto my screen and it doesn't seem to be appearing.

overlay("rgb(50, 50, 200)", "This is the beginning screen", 48, "black", "center", centerx, centery)

var overlay = function(colour, text, font, size, fontColour, oreintation, x, y){
    ctx.font = size + "px " + font + " " + fontColour
    ctx.textAlign = oreintation
    ctx.fillStyle = colour
    ctx.fillRect(0, 0, ctx.canvas.width, ctx.canvas.height)
    ctx.fillText(text, x, y)
}

Answer 1

• You must define your function var overlay before you call it with `overlay(...);

• centerx & centery are undefined

• the font face font is missing from overlay(...)

• the background fill is the same color as the text fill so the text does not show

Working demo:

var canvas=document.getElementById("canvas");
var ctx=canvas.getContext("2d");
var cw=canvas.width;
var ch=canvas.height;


var overlay = function(colour, text, font, size, fontColour, oreintation, x, y){
  ctx.font = size + "px " + font + " " + fontColour
  ctx.textAlign = oreintation
  ctx.fillStyle = colour
  ctx.fillStyle='gold';
  ctx.fillRect(0, 0, ctx.canvas.width, ctx.canvas.height)
  ctx.fillStyle=fontColour,
  ctx.fillText(text, x, y)
}

overlay(
  "rgb(50, 50, 200)", 
  "This is the beginning screen",
  'verdana', 
  48, 
  "black", 
  "center", 
  25,
  50
);

body{ background-color: ivory; }
#canvas{border:1px solid red;}

<canvas id="canvas" width=300 height=300></canvas>