# Display 2 python documentation

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**Category:** Support\
**Created:** [August 7, 2022, 3:31am UTC](https://forums.pimoroni.com/t/display-2-python-documentation/19983 "2022-08-07T03:31:12Z")\
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**Author:** ![petegee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/9de053/32.png) [@petegee](https://forums.pimoroni.com/u/petegee)\
**Post date:** [August 7, 2022, 3:31am UTC](https://forums.pimoroni.com/t/display-2-python-documentation/19983/1 "2022-08-07T03:31:12Z")

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I have a RP pico with display 2. Im running micropython and can get it to write basic text to the top line, but im looking for some more/better documentation - espc on  
display.text() and what all the parameters are.  
.text(“string to write”, point\_X??, point\_Y???, ???, scale)

im not 100% on what params 2,3, and 4 are.

How can i change the font? is that possible?

and greater than just this, a pointer to where some documentation is for all the display method calls are etc?

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**Author:** ![alphanumeric](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forums.pimoroni.com/alphanumeric/32/2729_2.png) [@alphanumeric](https://forums.pimoroni.com/u/alphanumeric)\
**Post date:** [August 7, 2022, 8:02am UTC](https://forums.pimoroni.com/t/display-2-python-documentation/19983/2 "2022-08-07T08:02:22Z")

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I think this will help.  
[pimoroni-pico/README.md at main · pimoroni/pimoroni-pico (github.com)](https://github.com/pimoroni/pimoroni-pico/blob/main/micropython/modules/picographics/README.md)

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**Author:** ![petegee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/9de053/32.png) [@petegee](https://forums.pimoroni.com/u/petegee)\
**Post date:** [August 7, 2022, 8:42am UTC](https://forums.pimoroni.com/t/display-2-python-documentation/19983/3 "2022-08-07T08:42:59Z")

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perfect! great thanks for that.

If i want to run the whole display in portrait orientation, i assume i just rotate all my text 90 deg then? or is there some other way of doing that?

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**Author:** ![alphanumeric](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forums.pimoroni.com/alphanumeric/32/2729_2.png) [@alphanumeric](https://forums.pimoroni.com/u/alphanumeric)\
**Post date:** [August 7, 2022, 10:11am UTC](https://forums.pimoroni.com/t/display-2-python-documentation/19983/4 "2022-08-07T10:11:51Z")

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You change the rotate=0 to rotate=90 or rotate=270  
` display = PicoGraphics(display=DISPLAY_PICO_DISPLAY_2, rotate=0)`

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**Author:** ![petegee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/9de053/32.png) [@petegee](https://forums.pimoroni.com/u/petegee)\
**Post date:** [August 8, 2022, 2:19am UTC](https://forums.pimoroni.com/t/display-2-python-documentation/19983/5 "2022-08-08T02:19:25Z")

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It seems

```auto
import picodisplay2 as display 

width = display.get_width()
height = display.get_height()

display_buffer = bytearray(width * height * 2) # 2-bytes per pixel (RGB565)
display.init(display_buffer)

```

is a somewhat different to:

```auto
from picographics import PicoGraphics, DISPLAY_PICO_DISPLAY_2`
display = PicoGraphics(display=DISPLAY_PICO_DISPLAY_2)

```

to get where i current am, i have simply followed some examples for picodisplay 2 which work which use picodisplay2. But it seems picodisplay2 doesnt have set\_font() or some other functions.

I guess, it seems the posted link above for documentation is for PicoGraphics module, and not picodisplay2

Also i cant even get a simple hello world working with the PicoGraphics module.

```auto
from picographics import PicoGraphics, DISPLAY_PICO_DISPLAY_2

display = PicoGraphics(display=DISPLAY_PICO_DISPLAY_2)

display.set_backlight(1.0)
display.set_pen(0, 0, 0)
display.clear()       
display.update()   

display.set_pen(255, 255, 255)
display.text("Hello World", 10, 10, 10, 2)
display.update()

```

when i run the above, i get:

```auto
>>> Running d:\repos\Personal\pyplay\main.py
 
♦Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
ImportError: no module named 'picographics'

```

So i think i may have the wrong uf2?? im using pimoroni-pico-v1.18.7-micropython.uf2  
i know its a bit old, but i cannot get later versions working for some reason.

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**Author:** ![hel](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forums.pimoroni.com/hel/32/6075_2.png) [@hel](https://forums.pimoroni.com/u/hel)\
**Post date:** [August 8, 2022, 9:19am UTC](https://forums.pimoroni.com/t/display-2-python-documentation/19983/6 "2022-08-08T09:19:11Z")

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`picographics` is the current way of doing things - I think `picodisplay` and `picodisplay2` have been removed in recent versions.

You’ll need to download a recent pimoroni-pico uf2 to have access to it though! [Releases · pimoroni/pimoroni-pico · GitHub](https://github.com/pimoroni/pimoroni-pico/releases)

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**Author:** ![petegee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/9de053/32.png) [@petegee](https://forums.pimoroni.com/u/petegee)\
**Post date:** [August 8, 2022, 9:20am UTC](https://forums.pimoroni.com/t/display-2-python-documentation/19983/7 "2022-08-08T09:20:06Z")

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I just tried the latest UF2 and those examples with the picographics, and they work! great. Thanks for all your help dealing with me ;)