This code gives the HTML canvas element JavaScript support for letter spacing. Don't confuse letter spacing with kerning http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kerning This code is basically from http://stackoverflow.com/a/15509006

gistfile1.js

(function(){
  var _fillText,
    __slice = [].slice;

  _fillText = CanvasRenderingContext2D.prototype.fillText;

  CanvasRenderingContext2D.prototype.fillText = function() {
    var args, offset, previousLetter, str, x, y,
      _this = this;

    str = arguments[0], x = arguments[1], y = arguments[2], args = 4 <= arguments.length ? __slice.call(arguments, 3) : [];
    if (this.letterSpacing == null || this.letterSpacing === 0) {
      return _fillText.apply(this, arguments);
    }
    offset = 0;
    previousLetter = false;
    return _.each(str, function(letter) {
      _fillText.apply(_this, [letter, x + offset + _this.letterSpacing, y].concat(args));
      offset += _this.measureText(letter).width + _this.letterSpacing;
      return previousLetter = letter;
    });
  };
})();

gistfile2.js

ctx.letterSpacing = 10; 
ctx.fillStyle = 'black';
ctx.fillText( 'Hello World!', 10, 10 );