Direct Text/Text Table
Select the text type.
Direct Text
Input the text into the text window, and it is placed directly as fixed text.
Text Table
Use text from a previously saved Text Table.
17.12 Common (Text Table) Settings Guide
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
Select the language for the bitmap font, from [Japanese], [ASCII], [Chinese (Traditional)], [Chinese (Simplified)], or [Korean].
The standard font is a bitmap font. The display speed is faster than with other fonts, but characters may have jagged outlines or get out of shape if enlarged/reduced too much.
The Japanese and ASCII standard fonts are transferred to the display unit. To use the Chinese (Simplified), Korean, or Chinese (Traditional) standard font, you must add the font in [System Settings/Font].6.2 Stroke Font and Standard Font
Stroke Font
You can select the vector font from [Japanese], [ASCII], [Chinese (Simplified)], [Chinese (Traditional)], [Korean], [Cyrillic], or [Thai].
The stroke font is a vector font. Characters are displayed with smooth outlines when enlarged, but the display speed is slower than with the standard font.
The ASCII stroke font will be transferred to the display unit. To use the Japanese, Chinese (Simplified), Korean, Chinese (Traditional), Cyrillic or Thai stroke font, you must add the font in [System Settings/Font].6.2 Stroke Font and Standard Font
Automatically Adjust Text Size
If you select [Stroke Font] when [Text Table] is used, the [Automatically Adjust Text Size] option appears. By selecting this option, the font size adjusts automatically within the set range to fit the text in the part.
17.13.5.2 Text, Automatically Adjust Text Size
Text Size
Select the text size. Each font type has a different size range.
Standard Font
Specify "Width x Height" between [8 x 8] to [64 x 128] in 8 pixel units, or select a fixed size from [6 x 10], [8 x 13], [13 x 23]. When using fixed sizes, you can display only ASCII font.
Stroke Font
6 to 127
If you select [Automatically Adjust Text Size], you can adjust the [Maximum Size] and [Minimum Size].
To use ASCII font, in the [Text Table]'s [Language Change] dialog box select [ASCII].
Display Language
Select a text language from [Japanese], [ASCII], [Chinese (Simplified)], [Chinese (Traditional)], [Korean], [Cyrillic], or [Thai].
Text Attributes
When [Font Type] is [Standard Font] or [Stroke Font], select from the following 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]
Direction
Select from [Portrait] or [Landscape].
Centering
When selecting "Vertical", align the center of text with single-byte and double-byte characters.
Input Text Field
If using the [Direct Text] option, input the character string.
Select text
If using the [Text Table] option, select text from the Text Table.
Image Font
Window font will be converted to bitmap images and displayed on a display unit.
Select Font
The [Font] dialog box appears. Select the font, style, and size, and Character Set.
Only fonts installed on Windows can be selected. The [Style], [Size], and [Character Set] setup differs depending on the font type.
Automatically Adjust Text Size
By selecting this option, the font size adjusts automatically within the set range to fit the text in the part. The settings range from 1 to 1638 points.
Compress
Compress data.
Text Color
Set the display color for the text.
Background Color
Set the background color for the text.
Shadow Color
If the [Font Type] menu - [Standard Font] command and the [Text Attribute] menu - [Shadow] command are selected, set the color for the text shadow.
Blink
Select the blink and blink speed. You can set different blink settings for [Text Color], [Background Color], and [Shadow Color].
This cannot be set when [Font Type] is [Bitmap Font].
There are cases where you can or cannot set Blink depending on the Display Unit and [Display] tab's [Display Settings] area.8.5.1 Setting Colors
Line Spacing
Set a value from 0 to 255. This is only applicable when in the [Text] field you add multiple lines of text.
This option cannot be used when the [Font Type] is set to [Image Font].
Center
Specifies whether text is fixed to the center of parts.
Select the text placed on the screen and press [F2] key, and you can directly edit the text.