html, body, #container {

    width: 100%;

    height: 100%;

    margin: 0;

    padding: 0;

}

var stage = acgraph.create("container");

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// create the text style object

textStyle = {fontFamily: "Georgia", fontSize: "15px", color: "green"};

​

// create the text element

text = acgraph.text(20, 20, "This is my custom text", textStyle);

​

// get the text element bounds and create the rect

rect = stage.rect(text.getX(), text.getY(), text.getWidth(), text.getHeight());

rect.fill("gold");

​

// set the stage as a parent of your text

text.parent(stage);