Canvas Transformations part 3

The scale() Method

The scale() method scales the current drawing. It takes two parameters:
- The number of times by which the image should be scaled in the X-direction.
- The number of times by which the image should be scaled in the Y-direction.

var canvas = document.getElementById('canvas1');
ctx =canvas.getContext('2d');
ctx.font="bold 22px Tahoma";
ctx.textAlign="start";
ctx.fillText("start", 10, 30);
ctx.translate(100, 150);
ctx.fillText("after translate", 0, 0);
ctx.rotate(1);
ctx.fillText("after rotate", 0, 0);
ctx.scale(1.5, 4);
ctx.fillText("after scale", 0,20);Try It Yourself

This will scale the canvas 1.5 times in the X-direction, and 4 times in Y-direction:
If you scale a drawing, all future drawings will also be scaled.