adding a label example

Author: FoamyGuy

examples/bitmap_font_label_simpletest.py

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+"""
+This example uses addfruit_display_text.label to display text using a custom font
+loaded by adafruit_bitmap_font
+"""
+
+import board
+from adafruit_bitmap_font import bitmap_font
+from adafruit_display_text import label
+
+display = board.DISPLAY
+
+# Set text, font, and color
+text = "HELLO WORLD"
+font = bitmap_font.load_font("fonts/Arial-16.bdf")
+color = 0xFF00FF
+
+# Create the tet label
+text_area = label.Label(font, text=text, color=color)
+
+# Set the location
+text_area.x = 20
+text_area.y = 20
+
+# Show it
+display.show(text_area)