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Sets the size of text that follows. The default size is "1". Each change in size increases the text by 10 pixels in height. That is, size 1 = 10 pixels, size 2 =20 pixels, and so on.
screen.setTextSize(size);
none
#include <SPI.h>
#include <TFT.h> // Arduino TFT library
#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 stroke color to white
screen.fill
(
255
,
255
,
255
)
;
// default text size
screen.setTextSize
(
1
)
;
// write text to the screen in the top left corner
screen.text
(
"Testing!"
,
0
,
0
)
;
// increase text size
screen.setTextSize
(
5
)
;
// write text to the screen below
screen.text
(
"BIG!"
,
0
,
10
)
;
}
void
loop
(
)
{
}
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