[Inky pHat ] can't print unicode characters

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Hello,

  1. Is there a way to print unicode characters like "é " or “€” with Inky pHat ?
    Ex:

    #!/usr/bin/env python
    #coding: utf8

    init code …

    text = 'éric a 3€’
    inkyphat.text((2, 28), text, inkyphat.BLACK, font)

Thanks

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I will reply myself : use unicode strings :

In python 2.x :
u’éric a 3€’

In python 3.x unicode strings should be automatic.

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Good find! Thanks for sharing it with us. :)

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I should have whipped up a demo with an example of this- since it’s using real fonts and not limited, custom, pixel-based ones the character coverage is much more comprehensive than most of our display products which are often limited to ASCII (sometimes limited by hardware; IE: dot3k).