show_letter combined with set_rotation neads clear

[aseques]

I am using the show letter function to display single letters to the sense hat, it works as expected, but I wanted to flip the text upside down so I can leave the raspberry pi standing (otherwise the power cord interferes)

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sense.set_rotation(180)
sense.show_letter('J',text_colour=[255, 255, 255])

I found out that unless I do a clear() from time to time the screen displays weird artifacts (it seems that only half of the screen is rotated)
Is there a reason for this that I have missed?

[alphanumeric]

Works for me? The only time I have to do a clear is if I terminate my program in the middle of displaying a message. My message is scrolling text. I have mine flipped for the same reason. I want the GPIO on the bottom and power cord on top.

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import os
import time, datetime
from sense_hat import SenseHat
from sense_hat import SenseHat, ACTION_PRESSED, ACTION_HELD, ACTION_RELEASED
        
sense = SenseHat()
sense.set_rotation(180)
sense.set_imu_config(False, False, False)
sense.low_light = False

[Davespice]

You don't have two python programs running at the same time do you?
If so you would need a call to set_rotation in both, otherwise the other process will still think it's on the default screen rotation.

The set_rotation function also allows you the option to not redraw the screen if you don't want to, for example you can go:

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sense.set_rotation(180, False)