14.11.2.5 Text Display - Display

Set the Text Display's font and attributes.

Font

Set a font for the text.

Font Type

Choose a font type for text from [Standard Font], [Stroke Font], or [Image Font].

Stroke Font and Standard Font

  • Standard Font

The vertical and horizontal dimensions of a character can be specified in bitmap font. When you magnify/shrink characters, the outline may become rough or the letter may appear compressed.

  • Stroke Font

This is an outline font where the ratio of the character height/width is fixed. The letters will have a smooth outline even if you magnify/shrink them. However, this font uses more disk space on the display unit.

Size

Choose a font size for the text.

  • Standard Font

(8 to 64)×(8 to 128)

  • Standard Font (Fixed Size)

Choose from [6x10], [8x13], or [13x23] (Displays single-byte characters only)

  • Stroke Font

6 to 127

Display Language

Select the display language: [Japanese], [ASCII], [Chinese (Simplified)], [Chinese (Traditional)], [Korean], [Cyrillic], or [Thai].

  • This setting is disabled when, in the [System Settings] [Display Unit] link's [Display] tab, you select the [Synchronize Text Display language with Text Table] check box. The language of the Text Display will change to correspond with the Text Table settings.

Text Attributes

Select the text attributes.

  • Standard Font

Choose from [Standard], [Bold], [Shadow] (When using the fixed font size [6x10], select either [Standard] or [Shadow].)

  • Stroke Font

Choose from [Standard], [Bold], [Outline]

Image Font

Window font will be converted to bitmap images and displayed on a display unit.

  • When Image Font is selected, single-byte alphabetic characters will be automatically registered from the Text Display part. Register the text to be displayed as needed. You can register characters in the [Character Registration] from the [System Settings] window's [Font] page's [Image Font] area.
    6.5 Font Settings Guide

  • If unregistered character is entered, it will not be displayed correctly.

  • A proportional font cannot be selected in the Text Display Part.

Select Font

The [Image Font] dialog box appears. Select the font, style, and size, and Character Set.

Display Language

Select the display language: [Japanese], [ASCII], [Chinese (Simplified)], [Chinese (Traditional)], [Korean], [Cyrillic], or [Thai].

  • From the [System Settings] window, [Display Unit] page, [Display] tab, when the [Synchronize Text Display language with Text Table] check box is selected, Image Fonts may not display correctly on the display unit.

Display Characters

Set the number of characters to be displayed from 1 to 100.

Fixed Position

Set whether the text will be fixed in the center of the Part.

Display Style

Select the alignment of the text display area's text: [Align Right], [Align Left], or [Align Center].

Hide Input Value (Show asterisks)

Set whether Input Values will be indicated by asterisks.

Character Registration

In [System Settings], click [Font]. Register text to be displayed in the Text Display from the [Image Font] area's [Character Registration] button.

6.5 Font Settings Guide