Canvas still sucks for rendering fonts. Getting accurate font metrics is still hacky[1] and more advanced methods are still experimental[2]. Though I'm sure wit

Canvas still sucks for rendering fonts. Getting accurate font metrics is still hacky[1] and more advanced methods are still experimental[2]. Though I'm sure with Google Docs moving to canvas, some of this will be expedited. But it's yet another one of those things about web tech that anyone would half a brain would tell you should have been there day one. [1] https://stackoverflow.com/questions/1134586/how-can-you-find-the-height-of-text-on-an-html-canvas https://stackoverflow.com/questions/1134586/how-can-you-find... [2] https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/TextMetrics https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/TextMetrics