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Fonts - U8x8

// Select your U8x8 font here u8x8.setFont(u8x8_font_chroma48medium8x8_r);

void setup(void) u8x8.begin();

If you are building a battery-powered sensor node, a custom macro keyboard with a tiny screen, or a retro computer emulator, starting with U8x8 will save you hours of debugging memory corruption and slow refresh rates. u8x8 fonts

void loop(void) // Your code here

// Move to second row (Row 1, Column 0) u8x8.setCursor(0, 1); u8x8.print("U8x8 Fonts Rock"); // Select your U8x8 font here u8x8

But what exactly are "U8x8 fonts"? Why does the "U8" and "x8" matter? And why should a modern developer care about a font system designed for microcontrollers with 2KB of RAM?

Here is the pattern for the letter 'A' (8x8): void setup(void) u8x8.begin()

// Clear the screen u8x8.clear();