text()

Description

Write text to the screen at the given coordinates.

Syntax


screen.text(text, xPos, yPos);

Parameters

text: char array, the text you want to write on the screen
xPos: int, the location on the x-axis you want to start drawing text to the screen
yPos: int, the location on the y-axis you want to start drawing text to the screen

Returns

none

Example

#include <SPI.h>
#include <TFT.h>

#define cs   10
#define dc   9
#define rst  8

TFT screen = TFT(cs, dc, rst);

void setup() {
  // initialize the screen
  screen.begin();

  // make the background black
  screen.background(0,0,0);

  // set the text color to white
  screen.stroke(255,255,255);

  // write text to the screen in the top left corner
  screen.text("Testing!", 0, 0);
}

void loop() {

}

See also

TFT
stroke()


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