I got it to work. Here it is in case anyone needs it
void staticDisplay()
{
curcharix = 0;
curcharbit = 0;
curcharixsave = 0;
curcharbitsave = 0;
curcharixsave2 = 0;
curcharbitsave2 = 0;
clearDisplay();
bool endFlag = false;
for (i=devCount-1;i>=0;i--) // Loop through our X displays
{
for (j=0;j<8;j++) // Set up rows on current display
{
byte outputbyte = 0;
curchar = msg[curcharix];
curcharixsave = curcharix;
curcharbitsave = curcharbit;
for (k=7;k>=0;k--) // Copy over data for 8 columns to current row and send it to current display
{
// This byte is the bitmap of the current character for the current row
byte currentcharbits = Font8x5[((curchar-32)*8)+j];
if (currentcharbits & (1<<curcharbit))
outputbyte |= (1<<k);
// advance the current character bit of current character
curcharbit ++;
if (curcharbit > lentbl_S[curchar-32]) // we are past the end of this character, so advance.
{
curcharbit = 0;
curcharix += 1;
if (curcharix+1 > msgsize) k=-1; //This end the current display
curchar = msg[curcharix];
}
}
lc.setRow(i, j, outputbyte);
if (endFlag) return;
if (j != 7) // if this is not the last row, roll back advancement, if it is, leave the counters advanced.
{
curcharix = curcharixsave;
curcharbit = curcharbitsave;
if (curcharix+1 > msgsize) endFlag=true; //sets that we are done and exit after the next iteration
}
}
}
}