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See how to use Compose APIs specifically designed to draw text on a canvas. This
segment shows the code to draw an emoji font in a rounded rectangle.  

## Key points

- In Compose, you can draw text on a canvas by creating a text measure and calling [`drawText`](https://developer.android.com/reference/kotlin/androidx/compose/ui/graphics/drawscope/DrawScope#(androidx.compose.ui.graphics.drawscope.DrawScope).drawText(androidx.compose.ui.text.TextLayoutResult,androidx.compose.ui.graphics.Brush,androidx.compose.ui.geometry.Offset,kotlin.Float,androidx.compose.ui.graphics.Shadow,androidx.compose.ui.text.style.TextDecoration,androidx.compose.ui.graphics.drawscope.DrawStyle,androidx.compose.ui.graphics.BlendMode)), resulting in the measuring string.
- You can also customize the text size, alignment, and other properties.

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