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Created November 27, 2012 13:55
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Draw text on favicon
(function () {
var canvas = document.createElement('canvas'),
ctx,
img = document.createElement('img'),
link = document.getElementById('favicon').cloneNode(true),
day = (new Date).getDate() + '';
if (canvas.getContext) {
canvas.height = canvas.width = 16; // set the size
ctx = canvas.getContext('2d');
img.onload = function () { // once the image has loaded
ctx.drawImage(this, 0, 0);
ctx.font = 'bold 10px "helvetica", sans-serif';
ctx.fillStyle = '#F0EEDD';
if (day.length == 1) day = '0' + day;
ctx.fillText(day, 2, 12);
link.href = canvas.toDataURL('image/png');
document.body.appendChild(link);
};
img.src = 'ical-icon.png';
}
})();
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