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+"""
+This example shows how to create a display_text label and show it
+with a Matrix Portal
+
+Requires:
+adafruit_matrixportal - https://github.com/adafruit/Adafruit_CircuitPython_MatrixPortal
+
+Copy it from the current libraries bundle into the lib folder on your device.
+"""
+import terminalio
+from adafruit_matrixportal.matrix import Matrix
+from adafruit_display_text import label
+
+matrix = Matrix()
+display = matrix.display
+
+text = "Hello\nworld"
+text_area = label.Label(terminalio.FONT, text=text)
+text_area.x = 1
+text_area.y = 4
+display.show(text_area)
+while True:
+    pass