From c38baeb932534212cea952ee421c38ca3c97537f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: foamyguy <foamyguy@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 22 Nov 2020 15:01:06 -0600
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] adding magtag example

---
 examples/bitmap_font_label_magtag.py | 43 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 43 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 examples/bitmap_font_label_magtag.py

diff --git a/examples/bitmap_font_label_magtag.py b/examples/bitmap_font_label_magtag.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2aa8645
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/bitmap_font_label_magtag.py
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+"""
+This example uses addfruit_display_text.label to display text using a custom font
+loaded by adafruit_bitmap_font.
+Adapted for use on MagTag
+"""
+import time
+import board
+from adafruit_display_text import label
+from adafruit_bitmap_font import bitmap_font
+
+# use built in display (PyPortal, PyGamer, PyBadge, CLUE, etc.)
+# see guide for setting up external displays (TFT / OLED breakouts, RGB matrices, etc.)
+# https://learn.adafruit.com/circuitpython-display-support-using-displayio/display-and-display-bus
+display = board.DISPLAY
+time.sleep(display.time_to_refresh)
+
+# Set text, font, and color
+text = "HELLO WORLD\nbitmap_font example"
+font = bitmap_font.load_font("fonts/Arial-16.bdf")
+color = 0xFFFFFF
+background_color = 0x999999
+
+# Create the tet label
+text_area = label.Label(
+    font,
+    text=text,
+    color=color,
+    background_color=background_color,
+    padding_top=3,
+    padding_bottom=3,
+    padding_right=4,
+    padding_left=4,
+)
+text_area.line_spacing = 1.0
+# Set the location
+text_area.x = 20
+text_area.y = 20
+
+# Show it
+display.show(text_area)
+display.refresh()
+while True:
+    pass

From 8c1fa9b6847f8038ea18eed36d8577f7c06a30a1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: foamyguy <foamyguy@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 22 Nov 2020 15:04:12 -0600
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] a few comments in magtag example

---
 examples/bitmap_font_label_magtag.py | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/examples/bitmap_font_label_magtag.py b/examples/bitmap_font_label_magtag.py
index 2aa8645..e6685b2 100644
--- a/examples/bitmap_font_label_magtag.py
+++ b/examples/bitmap_font_label_magtag.py
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 # see guide for setting up external displays (TFT / OLED breakouts, RGB matrices, etc.)
 # https://learn.adafruit.com/circuitpython-display-support-using-displayio/display-and-display-bus
 display = board.DISPLAY
+# wait until we can refresh the display
 time.sleep(display.time_to_refresh)
 
 # Set text, font, and color
@@ -36,7 +37,7 @@
 text_area.x = 20
 text_area.y = 20
 
-# Show it
+# Show it and refresh
 display.show(text_area)
 display.refresh()
 while True: