This is the README of the showtext tool, which is part of the GraphLCD
base package.

written by Andreas Regel (andreas.regel AT powarman.de)

See the file COPYING for license information.


Description:
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showtext is a program to show a user defined text with a user defined
font on a graphical LC Display. It supports all controllers the GraphLCD
driver library supports.

The font must be in a special format (*.fnt), which can be created with
the crtfont tool.


Using showtext:
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  showtext [-c CONFIGFILE] [-d DISPLAY] [-f FONT] [-x XPOS] [-y YPOS] [-uib] text [more text]

  -c  --config      specifies the location of the config file
                    (default: /etc/graphlcd.conf)
  -d  --display     specifies the output display
                    (default: the first one in config file)
  -f  --font        specifies the font that is used for the text output
  -x  --xpos        specifies the x-position where the text starts
  -y  --ypos        specifies the y-position where the text starts
  -u  --upsidedown  rotates the output by 180 degrees (default: no)
  -i  --invert      inverts the output (default: no)
  -b  --brightness  set brightness for display if driver support it [%]
                    (default: config file value)

  example: showtext -c /etc/graphlcd.conf -f f17.fnt "Line1" "Line2"