# Recommended Python3 Library to Display Text on Display Hat Mini
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**Created:** [September 27, 2022, 2:01pm UTC](https://forums.pimoroni.com/t/recommended-python3-library-to-display-text-on-display-hat-mini/20380 "2022-09-27T14:01:26Z")
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### Author:  [@DarrenHill](https://forums.pimoroni.com/u/DarrenHill)
#### Post date: [September 27, 2022, 2:01pm UTC](https://forums.pimoroni.com/t/recommended-python3-library-to-display-text-on-display-hat-mini/20380/1 "2022-09-27T14:01:26Z")
I’m coming back to play a bit with an old Display Hat Mini that has been in a drawer for a while, and was wondering if there’s a recommended simple Python library that can be recommended for displaying text on it?
I’ve had a play with some of the examples which have a potential option or two in them, but before I got into it too deeply I was just wondering if there were anything else that the community could recommend?
The longer term game-plan is perhaps as a little weather display or maybe news headlines (or perhaps even both plus a couple of other displays, switched by the buttons).
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### Author:  [@bablokb](https://forums.pimoroni.com/u/bablokb)
#### Post date: [September 28, 2022, 6:57am UTC](https://forums.pimoroni.com/t/recommended-python3-library-to-display-text-on-display-hat-mini/20380/2 "2022-09-28T06:57:31Z")
In addition to the libraries mentioned in the shop, you can use Blinka. This is a CircuitPython abstraction level for the Pi. CP has a nice UI-library and you can find many tutorials. The nice thing about using CP/Blinka is that you don’t have to fiddle around with the RasPi display driver setup. You can just install the Pi headless, ssh into it and use the display.
A tutorial is here: [Overview | Adafruit 1.9" Color IPS TFT Display | Adafruit Learning System](https://learn.adafruit.com/adafruit-1-9-color-ips-tft-display)
It is for a different display, but that one uses the same driver.
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### Author:  [@DarrenHill](https://forums.pimoroni.com/u/DarrenHill)
#### Post date: [September 28, 2022, 3:55pm UTC](https://forums.pimoroni.com/t/recommended-python3-library-to-display-text-on-display-hat-mini/20380/3 "2022-09-28T15:55:57Z")
Thanks, something to look into over the weekend