From 45d124932f18e5818bab0e5b0dcc5df440718579 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Kattni Rembor <kattni@adafruit.com>
Date: Sat, 1 Feb 2020 15:56:17 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Convert text object to string.

---
 adafruit_display_text/label.py | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/adafruit_display_text/label.py b/adafruit_display_text/label.py
index 3014ece..b602c8e 100644
--- a/adafruit_display_text/label.py
+++ b/adafruit_display_text/label.py
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ def __init__(self, font, *, text=None, max_glyphs=None, color=0xffffff,
         self._boundingbox = None
 
         if text:
-            self._update_text(text)
+            self._update_text(str(text))
 
 
     def _update_text(self, new_text): # pylint: disable=too-many-locals
@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@ def text(self):
 
     @text.setter
     def text(self, new_text):
-        self._update_text(new_text)
+        self._update_text(str(new_text))
 
     @property
     def anchor_point(self):