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5x8 Font Test

We can create custom functions for drawing larger fonts. Here we have a byte array of 5X8 fonts. The function character() draws individual characters one at a time.

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from LCD_1inch28 import LCD_1inch28

LCD = LCD_1inch28()  

# Standard ASCII 5x8 font
# https://gist.github.com/tdicola/229b3eeddc12d58fb0bc724a9062aa05
FONT_HEIGHT = 8
FONT_WIDTH = 5
FONT = bytes([
    0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, # <space>
    0x3E, 0x5B, 0x4F, 0x5B, 0x3E,
    0x3E, 0x6B, 0x4F, 0x6B, 0x3E,
    0x1C, 0x3E, 0x7C, 0x3E, 0x1C,
    0x18, 0x3C, 0x7E, 0x3C, 0x18,
    0x1C, 0x57, 0x7D, 0x57, 0x1C,
    0x1C, 0x5E, 0x7F, 0x5E, 0x1C,
    0x00, 0x18, 0x3C, 0x18, 0x00,
    0xFF, 0xE7, 0xC3, 0xE7, 0xFF,
    0x00, 0x18, 0x24, 0x18, 0x00,
    0xFF, 0xE7, 0xDB, 0xE7, 0xFF,
    0x30, 0x48, 0x3A, 0x06, 0x0E,
    0x26, 0x29, 0x79, 0x29, 0x26,
    0x40, 0x7F, 0x05, 0x05, 0x07,
    0x40, 0x7F, 0x05, 0x25, 0x3F,
    0x5A, 0x3C, 0xE7, 0x3C, 0x5A,
    0x7F, 0x3E, 0x1C, 0x1C, 0x08,
    0x08, 0x1C, 0x1C, 0x3E, 0x7F,
    0x14, 0x22, 0x7F, 0x22, 0x14,
    0x5F, 0x5F, 0x00, 0x5F, 0x5F,
    0x06, 0x09, 0x7F, 0x01, 0x7F,
    0x00, 0x66, 0x89, 0x95, 0x6A,
    0x60, 0x60, 0x60, 0x60, 0x60,
    0x94, 0xA2, 0xFF, 0xA2, 0x94,
    0x08, 0x04, 0x7E, 0x04, 0x08, # UP
    0x10, 0x20, 0x7E, 0x20, 0x10, # Down
    0x08, 0x08, 0x2A, 0x1C, 0x08, # Right
    0x08, 0x1C, 0x2A, 0x08, 0x08, # Left
    0x1E, 0x10, 0x10, 0x10, 0x10,
    0x0C, 0x1E, 0x0C, 0x1E, 0x0C,
    0x30, 0x38, 0x3E, 0x38, 0x30,
    0x06, 0x0E, 0x3E, 0x0E, 0x06,
    0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00,
    0x00, 0x00, 0x5F, 0x00, 0x00,
    0x00, 0x07, 0x00, 0x07, 0x00,
    0x14, 0x7F, 0x14, 0x7F, 0x14,
    0x24, 0x2A, 0x7F, 0x2A, 0x12,
    0x23, 0x13, 0x08, 0x64, 0x62,
    0x36, 0x49, 0x56, 0x20, 0x50,
    0x00, 0x08, 0x07, 0x03, 0x00,
    0x00, 0x1C, 0x22, 0x41, 0x00,
    0x00, 0x41, 0x22, 0x1C, 0x00,
    0x2A, 0x1C, 0x7F, 0x1C, 0x2A,
    0x08, 0x08, 0x3E, 0x08, 0x08,
    0x00, 0x80, 0x70, 0x30, 0x00,
    0x08, 0x08, 0x08, 0x08, 0x08,
    0x00, 0x00, 0x60, 0x60, 0x00,
    0x20, 0x10, 0x08, 0x04, 0x02,
    0x3E, 0x51, 0x49, 0x45, 0x3E,
    0x00, 0x42, 0x7F, 0x40, 0x00,
    0x72, 0x49, 0x49, 0x49, 0x46,
    0x21, 0x41, 0x49, 0x4D, 0x33,
    0x18, 0x14, 0x12, 0x7F, 0x10,
    0x27, 0x45, 0x45, 0x45, 0x39,
    0x3C, 0x4A, 0x49, 0x49, 0x31,
    0x41, 0x21, 0x11, 0x09, 0x07,
    0x36, 0x49, 0x49, 0x49, 0x36,
    0x46, 0x49, 0x49, 0x29, 0x1E,
    0x00, 0x00, 0x14, 0x00, 0x00,
    0x00, 0x40, 0x34, 0x00, 0x00,
    0x00, 0x08, 0x14, 0x22, 0x41,
    0x14, 0x14, 0x14, 0x14, 0x14,
    0x00, 0x41, 0x22, 0x14, 0x08,
    0x02, 0x01, 0x59, 0x09, 0x06,
    0x3E, 0x41, 0x5D, 0x59, 0x4E,
    0x7C, 0x12, 0x11, 0x12, 0x7C, # A
    0x7F, 0x49, 0x49, 0x49, 0x36,
    0x3E, 0x41, 0x41, 0x41, 0x22,
    0x7F, 0x41, 0x41, 0x41, 0x3E,
    0x7F, 0x49, 0x49, 0x49, 0x41,
    0x7F, 0x09, 0x09, 0x09, 0x01,
    0x3E, 0x41, 0x41, 0x51, 0x73,
    0x7F, 0x08, 0x08, 0x08, 0x7F,
    0x00, 0x41, 0x7F, 0x41, 0x00,
    0x20, 0x40, 0x41, 0x3F, 0x01,
    0x7F, 0x08, 0x14, 0x22, 0x41,
    0x7F, 0x40, 0x40, 0x40, 0x40,
    0x7F, 0x02, 0x1C, 0x02, 0x7F,
    0x7F, 0x04, 0x08, 0x10, 0x7F,
    0x3E, 0x41, 0x41, 0x41, 0x3E,
    0x7F, 0x09, 0x09, 0x09, 0x06,
    0x3E, 0x41, 0x51, 0x21, 0x5E,
    0x7F, 0x09, 0x19, 0x29, 0x46,
    0x26, 0x49, 0x49, 0x49, 0x32,
    0x03, 0x01, 0x7F, 0x01, 0x03,
    0x3F, 0x40, 0x40, 0x40, 0x3F,
    0x1F, 0x20, 0x40, 0x20, 0x1F,
    0x3F, 0x40, 0x38, 0x40, 0x3F,
    0x63, 0x14, 0x08, 0x14, 0x63,
    0x03, 0x04, 0x78, 0x04, 0x03,
    0x61, 0x59, 0x49, 0x4D, 0x43,
    0x00, 0x7F, 0x41, 0x41, 0x41,
    0x02, 0x04, 0x08, 0x10, 0x20,
    0x00, 0x41, 0x41, 0x41, 0x7F,
    0x04, 0x02, 0x01, 0x02, 0x04,
    0x40, 0x40, 0x40, 0x40, 0x40,
    0x00, 0x03, 0x07, 0x08, 0x00,
    0x20, 0x54, 0x54, 0x78, 0x40,
    0x7F, 0x28, 0x44, 0x44, 0x38,
    0x38, 0x44, 0x44, 0x44, 0x28,
    0x38, 0x44, 0x44, 0x28, 0x7F,
    0x38, 0x54, 0x54, 0x54, 0x18,
    0x00, 0x08, 0x7E, 0x09, 0x02,
    0x18, 0xA4, 0xA4, 0x9C, 0x78,
    0x7F, 0x08, 0x04, 0x04, 0x78,
    0x00, 0x44, 0x7D, 0x40, 0x00,
    0x20, 0x40, 0x40, 0x3D, 0x00,
    0x7F, 0x10, 0x28, 0x44, 0x00,
    0x00, 0x41, 0x7F, 0x40, 0x00,
    0x7C, 0x04, 0x78, 0x04, 0x78,
    0x7C, 0x08, 0x04, 0x04, 0x78,
    0x38, 0x44, 0x44, 0x44, 0x38,
    0xFC, 0x18, 0x24, 0x24, 0x18,
    0x18, 0x24, 0x24, 0x18, 0xFC,
    0x7C, 0x08, 0x04, 0x04, 0x08,
    0x48, 0x54, 0x54, 0x54, 0x24,
    0x04, 0x04, 0x3F, 0x44, 0x24,
    0x3C, 0x40, 0x40, 0x20, 0x7C,
    0x1C, 0x20, 0x40, 0x20, 0x1C,
    0x3C, 0x40, 0x30, 0x40, 0x3C,
    0x44, 0x28, 0x10, 0x28, 0x44,
    0x4C, 0x90, 0x90, 0x90, 0x7C,
    0x44, 0x64, 0x54, 0x4C, 0x44,
    0x00, 0x08, 0x36, 0x41, 0x00,
    0x00, 0x00, 0x77, 0x00, 0x00,
    0x00, 0x41, 0x36, 0x08, 0x00,
    0x02, 0x01, 0x02, 0x04, 0x02,
    0x3C, 0x26, 0x23, 0x26, 0x3C,
    0x1E, 0xA1, 0xA1, 0x61, 0x12, # Extension starts here
    0x3A, 0x40, 0x40, 0x20, 0x7A,
    0x38, 0x54, 0x54, 0x55, 0x59,
    0x21, 0x55, 0x55, 0x79, 0x41,
    0x22, 0x54, 0x54, 0x78, 0x42, # a-umlaut
    0x21, 0x55, 0x54, 0x78, 0x40,
    0x20, 0x54, 0x55, 0x79, 0x40,
    0x0C, 0x1E, 0x52, 0x72, 0x12,
    0x39, 0x55, 0x55, 0x55, 0x59,
    0x39, 0x54, 0x54, 0x54, 0x59,
    0x39, 0x55, 0x54, 0x54, 0x58,
    0x00, 0x00, 0x45, 0x7C, 0x41,
    0x00, 0x02, 0x45, 0x7D, 0x42,
    0x00, 0x01, 0x45, 0x7C, 0x40,
    0x7D, 0x12, 0x11, 0x12, 0x7D, # A-umlaut
    0xF0, 0x28, 0x25, 0x28, 0xF0,
    0x7C, 0x54, 0x55, 0x45, 0x00,
    0x20, 0x54, 0x54, 0x7C, 0x54,
    0x7C, 0x0A, 0x09, 0x7F, 0x49,
    0x32, 0x49, 0x49, 0x49, 0x32,
    0x3A, 0x44, 0x44, 0x44, 0x3A, # o-umlaut
    0x32, 0x4A, 0x48, 0x48, 0x30,
    0x3A, 0x41, 0x41, 0x21, 0x7A,
    0x3A, 0x42, 0x40, 0x20, 0x78,
    0x00, 0x9D, 0xA0, 0xA0, 0x7D,
    0x3D, 0x42, 0x42, 0x42, 0x3D, # O-umlaut
    0x3D, 0x40, 0x40, 0x40, 0x3D,
    0x3C, 0x24, 0xFF, 0x24, 0x24,
    0x48, 0x7E, 0x49, 0x43, 0x66,
    0x2B, 0x2F, 0xFC, 0x2F, 0x2B,
    0xFF, 0x09, 0x29, 0xF6, 0x20,
    0xC0, 0x88, 0x7E, 0x09, 0x03,
    0x20, 0x54, 0x54, 0x79, 0x41,
    0x00, 0x00, 0x44, 0x7D, 0x41,
    0x30, 0x48, 0x48, 0x4A, 0x32,
    0x38, 0x40, 0x40, 0x22, 0x7A,
    0x00, 0x7A, 0x0A, 0x0A, 0x72,
    0x7D, 0x0D, 0x19, 0x31, 0x7D,
    0x26, 0x29, 0x29, 0x2F, 0x28,
    0x26, 0x29, 0x29, 0x29, 0x26,
    0x30, 0x48, 0x4D, 0x40, 0x20,
    0x38, 0x08, 0x08, 0x08, 0x08,
    0x08, 0x08, 0x08, 0x08, 0x38,
    0x2F, 0x10, 0xC8, 0xAC, 0xBA,
    0x2F, 0x10, 0x28, 0x34, 0xFA,
    0x00, 0x00, 0x7B, 0x00, 0x00,
    0x08, 0x14, 0x2A, 0x14, 0x22,
    0x22, 0x14, 0x2A, 0x14, 0x08,
    0x55, 0x00, 0x55, 0x00, 0x55, # 176 (25% block) missing in old code
    0xAA, 0x55, 0xAA, 0x55, 0xAA, # 50% block
    0xFF, 0x55, 0xFF, 0x55, 0xFF, # 75% block
    0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0xFF, 0x00,
    0x10, 0x10, 0x10, 0xFF, 0x00,
    0x14, 0x14, 0x14, 0xFF, 0x00,
    0x10, 0x10, 0xFF, 0x00, 0xFF,
    0x10, 0x10, 0xF0, 0x10, 0xF0,
    0x14, 0x14, 0x14, 0xFC, 0x00,
    0x14, 0x14, 0xF7, 0x00, 0xFF,
    0x00, 0x00, 0xFF, 0x00, 0xFF,
    0x14, 0x14, 0xF4, 0x04, 0xFC,
    0x14, 0x14, 0x17, 0x10, 0x1F,
    0x10, 0x10, 0x1F, 0x10, 0x1F,
    0x14, 0x14, 0x14, 0x1F, 0x00,
    0x10, 0x10, 0x10, 0xF0, 0x00,
    0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x1F, 0x10,
    0x10, 0x10, 0x10, 0x1F, 0x10,
    0x10, 0x10, 0x10, 0xF0, 0x10,
    0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0xFF, 0x10,
    0x10, 0x10, 0x10, 0x10, 0x10,
    0x10, 0x10, 0x10, 0xFF, 0x10,
    0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0xFF, 0x14,
    0x00, 0x00, 0xFF, 0x00, 0xFF,
    0x00, 0x00, 0x1F, 0x10, 0x17,
    0x00, 0x00, 0xFC, 0x04, 0xF4,
    0x14, 0x14, 0x17, 0x10, 0x17,
    0x14, 0x14, 0xF4, 0x04, 0xF4,
    0x00, 0x00, 0xFF, 0x00, 0xF7,
    0x14, 0x14, 0x14, 0x14, 0x14,
    0x14, 0x14, 0xF7, 0x00, 0xF7,
    0x14, 0x14, 0x14, 0x17, 0x14,
    0x10, 0x10, 0x1F, 0x10, 0x1F,
    0x14, 0x14, 0x14, 0xF4, 0x14,
    0x10, 0x10, 0xF0, 0x10, 0xF0, # ok
    0x00, 0x00, 0x1F, 0x10, 0x1F,
    0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x1F, 0x14,
#   0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0xFC, 0x14, # any new after this line breaks
    0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00  # 255 also a <space>
])

def convert_color_RGB888_RGB565(R,G,B): # Convert RGB888 to RGB565
    return (((G&0b00011100)<<3) + ((B&0b11111000)>>3)<<8) + (R&0b11111000) + ((G&0b11100000)>>5)

def character(asc, xt, yt, sz, r, g, b):  # Single character sz is size: 1 or 2
    cc = convert_color_RGB888_RGB565(r,g,b)
    code = asc * 5    # 5 bytes per character
    for ii in range(5):
        line = FONT[code + ii]
        for yy in range(8):
            if (line >> yy) & 0x1:
                LCD.pixel(ii*sz+xt,yy*sz+yt,cc) 
                if sz > 1:
                    LCD.pixel(ii*sz+xt+1,yy*sz+yt,cc)
                    LCD.pixel(ii*sz+xt,yy*sz+yt+1,cc)
                    LCD.pixel(ii*sz+xt+1,yy*sz+yt+1,cc)
                if sz == 3:
                    LCD.pixel(ii*sz+xt,  yy*sz+yt+2,cc)
                    LCD.pixel(ii*sz+xt+1,yy*sz+yt+2,cc)
                    LCD.pixel(ii*sz+xt+2,yy*sz+yt+2,cc)
                    LCD.pixel(ii*sz+xt+2,yy*sz+yt,cc)
                    LCD.pixel(ii*sz+xt+2,yy*sz+yt+1,cc)

# Print a string
def prnt_st(asci, xx, yy, sz,r,g,b):  # Text string
    if sz == 1: move = 6
    if sz == 2: move = 11
    if sz == 3: move = 17 
    for letter in(asci):
        asci = ord(letter)
        character(asci,xx,yy,sz,r,g,b)
        xx = xx + move

# Center text string
def cntr_st(s,y,sz,r,g,b): # Centres text on line y
    if sz == 1: w = 6
    if sz == 2: w = 11
    if sz == 3: w = 17 
    gap = int((width - len(s) * w)/2)
    prnt_st(s,gap,y,sz,r,g,b)

LCD.fill(LCD.black)    
prnt_st("Hello world! Red", 20, 80, 2, 255, 0, 0)
prnt_st("Hello world! Green", 20, 100, 2, 0, 255, 0)
prnt_st("Hello world! Blue", 20, 120, 2, 0, 0, 255)
prnt_st("Hello world! White", 20, 140, 2, 255, 255, 255)
LCD.show()