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font = sf.Font.from_file(os.path.join(filepath, 'arial.ttf'))
text = sf.Text('Hello World')
text.character_size = 56
text.font = font
text.style =sf.Text.REGULAR
text.color = sf.Color(160, 160, 160)
text.position = (10, 10)
sfWin.draw(text)
sfWin.display()
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This segment of code will display a box (non printable character) at the beginning of the text. This code is run on Raspberry Pi 4, Ubuntu Mate 20.04. Please see the attachment.