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MicroFont. Draw text on tiny screens without loading fonts into memory.

github.com/antirez/microfont
by @antirez

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Updates

January 2026
  • Skip header. Closes #2.
March 2024
  • Add the other methods.
  • README: typo.
  • README: mostly grammar.
  • Licese addeed.
  • README: colorize the example code.
  • Few example fonts added.
  • Demo image added.
  • RGB565 support.
  • README file added.
  • write() method.
  • Oversampling to have rotated well-filled fonts.
  • Allow for horizontal offset when drawing chars.
  • Fast path for angles multiple of 90. Better rounding.
  • Rotation.
  • MONO_HLSB character drawing.
  • Remove dead code after changes.
  • Change font_to_py to target. Standalone char access class.