How to make drawString print a string

[perigalacticon]

I define a String variable: String mode = "abcde"; Then I use: tft.drawString(mode, xpos, ypos, 6); and all that is printed is: a. Is this supposed to work? drawFloat works just fine. What am I doing wrong, thanks.

[TangerineDreamer]

Hi,it seems drawstring is depreciated and print() could be now the way:

https://forums.adafruit.com/viewtopic.php?t=179259