Is it possible to use built in framebuffer 8x8 font with Writer/Label?

[clach04]

Right now when I want an 8x8 font I'm calling the framebuffer text() function https://docs.micropython.org/en/latest/library/framebuf.html#drawing-text

But for any other size, I use Writer/Labels, has anyone figured out a way to re-use the built-in font without duplicating the resource with Writer/Labels?

[peterhinch]

I've not considered that one. It's worth noting that the overhead of nno-gui can be dramatically reduced by using frozen bytecode. In particular, Python font files use a tiny amount of RAM when frozen.

[clach04]

Yeah, I really need to spend a day or so getting familiar with PlatformIO for ease of custom building MicroPython.