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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>            // 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 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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