Larger Fonts

Many display libraries use the MicroPython framebuf standards that only provide for a single font. This is sometimes fine for simple small displays, but it is sometimes insufficient for some projects where either a smaller or larger font is used.

The ssd1306 driver is a good example of the default behaviour of text drawing. Only a single font is suppied.

display.text('Hello, World!', 0, 0, 1)
display.show()

Some display drivers allow you to change the default font:

LCD160 Set Font

Font to Py Command

Sample Font Files

References

Peter Hinch's Font to Python Utility - a utility takes input a font file in ttf or otf form together with a height in pixels and outputs a Python source file containing the font as a bitmap.

Peter Hinch's Nano GUI

Les' Lab: Designing your own Pico fonts - Raspberry Pi Pico display fonts in MicroPython: How to design fonts for your Pi Pico project.