font problem

[the underminer]

I use 0.16. I spent a full 2 hours without result. what's wrong with my code?

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System.usbDiskModeActivate()
AlphaBlack = Color.new(0,0,0,125)
Green = Color.new(21,165,69)
ActFont = Font.createMonoSpaced()
ActFont:setPixelSizes(14, 14)
MenuScreen = Image.createEmpty(480,272)
MenuScreen:fontPrint(ActFont,100,100,"hello world",Green)
screen:blit(0,0,MenuScreen)
screen.flip()
while true do end 

the result is:nada (nothing). just a black screen
[edit]
when I change it to this it works

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System.usbDiskModeActivate()
AlphaBlack = Color.new(0,0,0,125)
Green = Color.new(21,165,69)
ActFont = Font.createMonoSpaced()
ActFont:setPixelSizes(14, 14)
MenuScreen = Image.createEmpty(480,272)
screen:fontPrint(ActFont,100,100,"hello world",Green)
--screen:blit(0,0,MenuScreen)
screen.flip()
while true do
if Controls.read():start() then break end
 end 

seems that you must print it directly to screen. can anyone confirm this?

[kErov4]

blit the MenuScreen BEFORE print "hello world"

[romero126]

Fontprint should work on all images.

[kErov4]

Of course; but he is hidding the text with the "background", so draw first MenuScreen, then write the text

[romero126]

MenuScreen:fontPrint(ActFont,100,100,"hello world",Green)
screen:blit(0,0,MenuScreen)

Doesnt look like that to me!

[kErov4]

Ok my noob mistake, i mixed the 1st and the 2nd code and don't saw the MenuScreen:fontPrint; thought it was screen:fontPrint too =/