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TextMetrics: emHeightAscent property

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The read-only emHeightAscent property of the TextMetrics interface returns the distance from the horizontal line indicated by the textBaseline property to the top of the em square in the line box, in CSS pixels.

Value

A number, in CSS pixels.

Examples

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

text.emHeightAscent; // 7.59765625;

Specifications

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Browser compatibility

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