tweak scaling factor

src/actions/actionProperties.tsx

@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ import {
   DEFAULT_FONT_FAMILY,
   DEFAULT_FONT_SIZE,
   FONT_FAMILY,
+  FONT_SIZE,
   ROUNDNESS,
   VERTICAL_ALIGN,
 } from "../constants";
@@ -567,25 +568,25 @@ export const actionChangeFontSize = register({
         group="font-size"
         options={[
           {
-            value: 16,
+            value: FONT_SIZE.small,
             text: t("labels.small"),
             icon: FontSizeSmallIcon,
             testId: "fontSize-small",
           },
           {
-            value: 20,
+            value: FONT_SIZE.medium,
             text: t("labels.medium"),
             icon: FontSizeMediumIcon,
             testId: "fontSize-medium",
           },
           {
-            value: 28,
+            value: FONT_SIZE.large,
             text: t("labels.large"),
             icon: FontSizeLargeIcon,
             testId: "fontSize-large",
           },
           {
-            value: 36,
+            value: FONT_SIZE.veryLarge,
             text: t("labels.veryLarge"),
             icon: FontSizeExtraLargeIcon,
             testId: "fontSize-veryLarge",

src/charts.ts

@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import {
 import {
   DEFAULT_FONT_FAMILY,
   DEFAULT_FONT_SIZE,
+  FONT_SIZE,
   ENV,
   VERTICAL_ALIGN,
 } from "./constants";
@@ -205,7 +206,7 @@ const chartXLabels = (
         y: y + BAR_GAP / 2,
         width: BAR_WIDTH,
         angle: 5.87,
-        fontSize: 16,
+        fontSize: FONT_SIZE.small,
         textAlign: "center",
         verticalAlign: "top",
       });

src/colors.ts

@@ -167,4 +167,55 @@ export const getAllColorsSpecificShade = (index: 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4) =>
 export const rgbToHex = (r: number, g: number, b: number) =>
   `#${((1 << 24) + (r << 16) + (g << 8) + b).toString(16).slice(1)}`;
 
+const parseRGBFunction = (
+  /**
+   * `rgb()` or `rgba()` color string
+   */
+  rgbFunctionValue: string,
+) => {
+  const match = rgbFunctionValue.match(/(rgba?|hsla?)\(([^)]+)\)/i);
+  if (!match) {
+    return { r: 0, g: 0, b: 0 };
+  }
+  const values = match[2].split(",");
+  const r = parseInt(values[0].trim());
+  const g = parseInt(values[1].trim());
+  const b = parseInt(values[2].trim());
+
+  return { r, g, b };
+};
+
+export const colorToRGB = (
+  /**
+   * HTML color, HEX(A), rgba()...
+   */
+  color: string,
+) => {
+  const style = new Option().style;
+  style.color = color;
+
+  if (style.color) {
+    return parseRGBFunction(style.color);
+  }
+  return { r: 0, g: 0, b: 0 };
+};
+
+// inspiration from https://stackoverflow.com/a/11868398
+export const getContrastingBWColor = (
+  color: string,
+  /**
+   * <0-1>, the closer to one the more light the input color needs to be
+   * to get `black` return value
+   */
+  threshold = 0.627,
+) => {
+  if (color === "transparent") {
+    return "black";
+  }
+
+  const { r, g, b } = colorToRGB(color);
+  const yiq = (r * 299 + g * 587 + b * 114) / 1000;
+  return yiq / 255 >= threshold ? "black" : "white";
+};
+
 // -----------------------------------------------------------------------------

src/components/ColorPicker/CustomColorList.tsx

@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ export const CustomColorList = ({
             key={i}
           >
             <div className="color-picker__button-outline" />
-            <HotkeyLabel color={c} keyLabel={i + 1} isCustomColor />
+            <HotkeyLabel color={c} keyLabel={i + 1} />
           </button>
         );
       })}

src/components/ColorPicker/HotkeyLabel.tsx

@@ -1,23 +1,21 @@
 import React from "react";
-import { getContrastYIQ } from "./colorPickerUtils";
+import { getContrastingBWColor } from "../../colors";
 
 interface HotkeyLabelProps {
   color: string;
   keyLabel: string | number;
-  isCustomColor?: boolean;
   isShade?: boolean;
 }
 const HotkeyLabel = ({
   color,
   keyLabel,
-  isCustomColor = false,
   isShade = false,
 }: HotkeyLabelProps) => {
   return (
     <div
       className="color-picker__button__hotkey-label"
       style={{
-        color: getContrastYIQ(color, isCustomColor),
+        color: getContrastingBWColor(color, 0.7),
       }}
     >
       {isShade && "⇧"}

src/components/ColorPicker/colorPickerUtils.ts

@@ -93,43 +93,6 @@ export type ActiveColorPickerSectionAtomType =
 export const activeColorPickerSectionAtom =
   atom<ActiveColorPickerSectionAtomType>(null);
 
-const calculateContrast = (r: number, g: number, b: number) => {
-  const yiq = (r * 299 + g * 587 + b * 114) / 1000;
-  return yiq >= 160 ? "black" : "white";
-};
-
-// inspiration from https://stackoverflow.com/a/11868398
-export const getContrastYIQ = (bgHex: string, isCustomColor: boolean) => {
-  if (isCustomColor) {
-    const style = new Option().style;
-    style.color = bgHex;
-
-    if (style.color) {
-      const rgb = style.color
-        .replace(/^(rgb|rgba)\(/, "")
-        .replace(/\)$/, "")
-        .replace(/\s/g, "")
-        .split(",");
-      const r = parseInt(rgb[0]);
-      const g = parseInt(rgb[1]);
-      const b = parseInt(rgb[2]);
-
-      return calculateContrast(r, g, b);
-    }
-  }
-
-  // TODO: ? is this wanted?
-  if (bgHex === "transparent") {
-    return "black";
-  }
-
-  const r = parseInt(bgHex.substring(1, 3), 16);
-  const g = parseInt(bgHex.substring(3, 5), 16);
-  const b = parseInt(bgHex.substring(5, 7), 16);
-
-  return calculateContrast(r, g, b);
-};
-
 export type ColorPickerType =
   | "canvasBackground"
   | "elementBackground"

src/constants.ts

@@ -96,7 +96,14 @@ export const THEME = {
 
 export const WINDOWS_EMOJI_FALLBACK_FONT = "Segoe UI Emoji";
 
-export const DEFAULT_FONT_SIZE = 20;
+export const FONT_SIZE = {
+  small: 16,
+  medium: 20,
+  large: 28,
+  veryLarge: 36,
+} as const;
+
+export const DEFAULT_FONT_SIZE = FONT_SIZE.medium;
 export const DEFAULT_FONT_FAMILY: FontFamilyValues = FONT_FAMILY.Virgil;
 export const DEFAULT_TEXT_ALIGN = "left";
 export const DEFAULT_VERTICAL_ALIGN = "top";
@@ -263,6 +270,12 @@ export const ROUNDNESS = {
  * collaboration */
 export const PRECEDING_ELEMENT_KEY = "__precedingElement__";
 
+export const ROUGHNESS = {
+  architect: 0,
+  artist: 1,
+  cartoonist: 2,
+} as const;
+
 export const DEFAULT_ELEMENT_PROPS: {
   strokeColor: ExcalidrawElement["strokeColor"];
   backgroundColor: ExcalidrawElement["backgroundColor"];
@@ -275,10 +288,10 @@ export const DEFAULT_ELEMENT_PROPS: {
 } = {
   strokeColor: COLOR_PALETTE.black,
   backgroundColor: COLOR_PALETTE.transparent,
-  fillStyle: "hachure",
-  strokeWidth: 1,
+  fillStyle: "solid",
+  strokeWidth: 2,
   strokeStyle: "solid",
-  roughness: 1,
+  roughness: ROUGHNESS.artist,
   opacity: 100,
   locked: false,
 };
@@ -289,3 +302,6 @@ export const DEFAULT_SIDEBAR = {
   name: "default",
   defaultTab: LIBRARY_SIDEBAR_TAB,
 } as const;
+
+export const TEXT_OUTLINE_DEFAULT_WIDTH = 2;
+export const TEXT_OUTLINE_CONTRAST_THRESHOLD = 0.62;

src/element/textWysiwyg.tsx

@@ -44,6 +44,10 @@ import { actionZoomIn, actionZoomOut } from "../actions/actionCanvas";
 import App from "../components/App";
 import { LinearElementEditor } from "./linearElementEditor";
 import { parseClipboard } from "../clipboard";
+import {
+  getTextOutlineColor,
+  getTextOutlineWidth,
+} from "../renderer/renderElement";
 
 const getTransform = (
   width: number,
@@ -297,6 +301,31 @@ export const textWysiwyg = ({
       if (isTestEnv()) {
         editable.style.fontFamily = getFontFamilyString(updatedTextElement);
       }
+
+      const textOutlineColor = getTextOutlineColor(
+        updatedTextElement.strokeColor,
+        appState.viewBackgroundColor,
+      );
+
+      if (textOutlineColor) {
+        // text-shadow must be around half of the outline width
+        const textShadowWidth =
+          getTextOutlineWidth(
+            updatedTextElement.fontSize,
+            appState.zoom.value,
+          ) / 2;
+        const p = `${textShadowWidth}px`;
+        const n = `-${textShadowWidth}px`;
+
+        editable.style.setProperty(
+          "text-shadow",
+          `${n} ${n} 0 ${textOutlineColor}, ${p} ${n} 0 ${textOutlineColor},
+          ${n} ${p} 0 ${textOutlineColor}, ${p} ${p} 0 ${textOutlineColor}`,
+        );
+      } else {
+        editable.style.removeProperty("text-shadow");
+      }
+
       mutateElement(updatedTextElement, { x: coordX, y: coordY });
     }
   };

src/renderer/renderElement.ts

@@ -30,13 +30,16 @@ import { RenderConfig } from "../scene/types";
 import { distance, getFontString, getFontFamilyString, isRTL } from "../utils";
 import { getCornerRadius, isPathALoop, isRightAngle } from "../math";
 import rough from "roughjs/bin/rough";
-import { AppState, BinaryFiles, Zoom } from "../types";
+import { AppState, BinaryFiles, NormalizedZoomValue, Zoom } from "../types";
 import { getDefaultAppState } from "../appState";
 import {
   BOUND_TEXT_PADDING,
   MAX_DECIMALS_FOR_SVG_EXPORT,
   MIME_TYPES,
+  ROUGHNESS,
   SVG_NS,
+  TEXT_OUTLINE_CONTRAST_THRESHOLD,
+  TEXT_OUTLINE_DEFAULT_WIDTH,
 } from "../constants";
 import { getStroke, StrokeOptions } from "perfect-freehand";
 import {
@@ -48,6 +51,37 @@ import {
   getBoundTextMaxWidth,
 } from "../element/textElement";
 import { LinearElementEditor } from "../element/linearElementEditor";
+import { COLOR_PALETTE, getContrastingBWColor } from "../colors";
+
+/** @returns null if outline should be disabled */
+export const getTextOutlineColor = (
+  strokeColor: ExcalidrawElement["strokeColor"],
+  viewBackgroundColor: AppState["viewBackgroundColor"] | null,
+) => {
+  if (strokeColor === "transparent") {
+    return COLOR_PALETTE.black;
+  }
+
+  return getContrastingBWColor(strokeColor, TEXT_OUTLINE_CONTRAST_THRESHOLD) ===
+    "white"
+    ? viewBackgroundColor || COLOR_PALETTE.white
+    : null;
+};
+
+export const getTextOutlineWidth = (
+  fontSize: ExcalidrawTextElement["fontSize"],
+  zoom: NormalizedZoomValue,
+) => {
+  const normalizedZoom = Math.max(1, zoom);
+  const width = Math.max(
+    TEXT_OUTLINE_DEFAULT_WIDTH / 2,
+    TEXT_OUTLINE_DEFAULT_WIDTH / normalizedZoom,
+  );
+
+  // arbitrary scaling factor that looks good
+  const scalingFactor = 80;
+  return width * Math.max(1, fontSize / scalingFactor);
+};
 
 // using a stronger invert (100% vs our regular 93%) and saturate
 // as a temp hack to make images in dark theme look closer to original
@@ -337,7 +371,26 @@ const drawElementOnCanvas = (
           element.lineHeight,
         );
         const verticalOffset = element.height - element.baseline;
+
+        const textOutlineColor = getTextOutlineColor(
+          element.strokeColor,
+          renderConfig.viewBackgroundColor,
+        );
+
         for (let index = 0; index < lines.length; index++) {
+          if (textOutlineColor) {
+            context.strokeStyle = textOutlineColor;
+            context.lineWidth = getTextOutlineWidth(
+              element.fontSize,
+              renderConfig.zoom.value,
+            );
+
+            context.strokeText(
+              lines[index],
+              horizontalOffset,
+              (index + 1) * lineHeightPx - verticalOffset,
+            );
+          }
           context.fillText(
             lines[index],
             horizontalOffset,
@@ -388,6 +441,15 @@ export const setShapeForElement = <T extends ExcalidrawElement>(
 export const invalidateShapeForElement = (element: ExcalidrawElement) =>
   shapeCache.delete(element);
 
+function adjustRoughness(size: number, roughness: number): number {
+  if (size >= 50) {
+    return roughness;
+  }
+  const factor = 2 + (50 - size) / 10;
+
+  return roughness / factor;
+}
+
 export const generateRoughOptions = (
   element: ExcalidrawElement,
   continuousPath = false,
@@ -414,9 +476,13 @@ export const generateRoughOptions = (
     // calculate them (and we don't want the fills to be modified)
     fillWeight: element.strokeWidth / 2,
     hachureGap: element.strokeWidth * 4,
-    roughness: element.roughness,
+    roughness: adjustRoughness(
+      Math.min(element.width, element.height),
+      element.roughness,
+    ),
     stroke: element.strokeColor,
-    preserveVertices: continuousPath,
+    preserveVertices:
+      continuousPath || element.roughness < ROUGHNESS.cartoonist,
   };
 
   switch (element.type) {
@@ -1114,6 +1180,7 @@ export const renderElementToSvg = (
   files: BinaryFiles,
   offsetX: number,
   offsetY: number,
+  viewBackgroundColor: AppState["viewBackgroundColor"],
   exportWithDarkMode?: boolean,
 ) => {
   const [x1, y1, x2, y2] = getElementAbsoluteCoords(element);
@@ -1382,6 +1449,39 @@ export const renderElementToSvg = (
             ? "end"
             : "start";
         for (let i = 0; i < lines.length; i++) {
+          const textOutlineColor = getTextOutlineColor(
+            element.strokeColor,
+            viewBackgroundColor,
+          );
+
+          if (textOutlineColor) {
+            // create a text stroke
+            const stroke = svgRoot.ownerDocument!.createElementNS(
+              SVG_NS,
+              "text",
+            );
+            stroke.textContent = lines[i];
+            stroke.setAttribute("x", `${horizontalOffset}`);
+            stroke.setAttribute("y", `${i * lineHeightPx}`);
+            stroke.setAttribute("font-family", getFontFamilyString(element));
+            stroke.setAttribute("font-size", `${element.fontSize}px`);
+            stroke.setAttribute("fill", element.strokeColor);
+            stroke.setAttribute("stroke", textOutlineColor);
+            stroke.setAttribute(
+              "stroke-wiidth",
+              `${getTextOutlineWidth(
+                element.fontSize,
+                1 as NormalizedZoomValue,
+              )}px`,
+            );
+            stroke.setAttribute("text-anchor", textAnchor);
+            stroke.setAttribute("style", "white-space: pre;");
+            stroke.setAttribute("direction", direction);
+            stroke.setAttribute("dominant-baseline", "text-before-edge");
+            node.appendChild(stroke);
+          }
+
+          // create a text fill
           const text = svgRoot.ownerDocument!.createElementNS(SVG_NS, "text");
           text.textContent = lines[i];
           text.setAttribute("x", `${horizontalOffset}`);

src/renderer/renderScene.ts

@@ -1135,11 +1135,13 @@ export const renderSceneToSvg = (
     offsetX = 0,
     offsetY = 0,
     exportWithDarkMode = false,
+    viewBackgroundColor,
   }: {
     offsetX?: number;
     offsetY?: number;
     exportWithDarkMode?: boolean;
-  } = {},
+    viewBackgroundColor: AppState["viewBackgroundColor"];
+  },
 ) => {
   if (!svgRoot) {
     return;
@@ -1155,6 +1157,7 @@ export const renderSceneToSvg = (
           files,
           element.x + offsetX,
           element.y + offsetY,
+          viewBackgroundColor,
           exportWithDarkMode,
         );
       } catch (error: any) {

src/scene/export.ts

@@ -172,6 +172,7 @@ export const exportToSvg = async (
     offsetX: -minX + exportPadding,
     offsetY: -minY + exportPadding,
     exportWithDarkMode: appState.exportWithDarkMode,
+    viewBackgroundColor: appState.viewBackgroundColor,
   });
 
   return svgRoot;