Direct Text/Text Table
Select the Label's 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.
17.4 Changing the Language (Multilanguage)
When you select a lamp and press the [F2] key, you can directly edit the text on the label. When [Text Table] is selected, you can change the current Text Table.
Select State
Specify the Lamp state.
Set the label for the Lamp state.
OFF
You can set the label of the Lamp when OFF.
ON
You can set the label of the Lamp when ON.
State 0 to 255
Specify the [Number of States] in the [Lamp Feature]'s detail settings, and then set the label of each of the Lamp states.10.15.1.6 Lamp Feature/Extended
When you click the button, you can change the state without displaying a list.
Font
Sets a font for the label.
Font Type
Choose a font type for the text.
Standard Font/Stroke Font
Standard Font
Select the language for the bitmap font, from [Japanese], [ASCII], [Chinese (Traditional)], [Chinese (Simplified)], or [Korean].
The standard font will become 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
Select a language for the vector font, from [Japanese], [ASCII], [Chinese (Traditional)], [Chinese (Simplified)], [Korean], [Cyrillic], or [Thai].6.2 Stroke Font and Standard Font
The stroke font will become vector font. Characters are displayed with smooth outlines if 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
When using the Text Table, if you select [Stroke Font], the [Automatically Adjust Text Size] option appears. By selecting this option, the font size adjusts automatically to fit the text in the part and within the maximum setting range.
17.13.5 Placing Text When Using Text Tables
Size
Select the text size. Each font type has a different size range.
Size
Standard Font
8 x 8 pixel standard unit, 1 to 8 times width or height (8 x 8 to 64 x 64 pixels)
8 x 16 pixel standard unit, 1 to 8 times width or height (8 x 16 to 64 x 128 pixels)
Stroke Font
6 to 127
If you select [Automatically Adjust Text Size], you can adjust the [Maximum Size] and [Minimum Size].
Fixed Size
Available when [Standard Font] is selected. You can choose between 6x10 pixels, 8x13 pixels, or 13x23 pixels.
When using 6x10 fonts, you cannot set the [Text Attribute] to [Bold].
Display Language
Select a text language from [Japanese], [ASCII], [Chinese (Traditional)], [Chinese (Simplified)], [Korean], [Cyrillic], or [Thai].
Text Attributes
Each font type has a different range of styles.
Standard Font
Choose from [Standard], [Bold], [Shadow].
Stroke Font
Choose from [Standard], [Bold], [Outline].
Image Font
Windows fonts are converted to bitmaps and used in display parts.
Select Font
When [Font Type] is set to [Image Font], you can set up [Font Name], [Style], [Size], and [Font Set].
You can only use fonts installed in Windows. The properties you can define (Style, Size, and Font Set), differ between fonts.
Automatically Adjust Text Size
By selecting this option, the font size adjusts automatically to fit the text in the part and within the maximum setting range. Automatic adjustment setting range is 1 to 1638 points.
Text (Input Box)
If [Direct Text] is selected, input the text.
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 choose different blink settings for the [Text Color], [Shadow Color], and [Background Color].
There are cases where you can or cannot set Blink depending on the Display Unit and [Display] tab's [Display Settings] area.8.5.2 Setting Up Blink
Copy to All Labels
Copies the text and fonts to all states in the [Select State] list.
This can only be set if the Lamp Feature is used.
Clear All Labels
Clears the text in all states. All other label settings such as the Font Type and Color remain the same.
This can only be set if the Lamp Feature is used.
Fixed Position
Set whether or not to fix the Label's display position in the center of the part.
Tracking
After the part is placed, any changes made to the Label's size or position will be copied to all the other states. To change the size or position of an individual state's Label without affecting the other states, ensure that this option is not checked.
When [Fixed Position] is set, the [Tracking] setting cannot be used.
When [Text Type] is set to [Text Table], the [Tracking] setting cannot be used.
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].
Align
Aligns the inputted text. If the text is two lines or more, you can select [Align Left], [Align Right], or [Align Center]. When the [Font Type] is set to [Image Font], you can also select [Align on Both Sides].