Edit and Draw (Figures/Text)
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8.14.1 Text Table Settings Guide

Direct Text/Text Table

Select the text type.

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

You can specify the vertical and horizontal dimensions of a character in bitmap fonts. 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.

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.

18.9.2 Drawing Text (Using the Text Table) - Automatically Adjust Text Size

Text Size

Select the text size. Each font type has a different size range.

  • Standard Font

Specify "Width x Height" from [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].

Display Language

Select a text language from [Japanese], [ASCII], [Chinese (Traditional)], [Chinese (Simplified)], [Korean], [Russian (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], or [Shadow]. When using the fixed font size [6x10], select either [Standard] or [Shadow].

  • Stroke Font

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

Direction

Select from [Horizontal] or [Vertical].

Centering

When [Vertical] is selected in [Direction], align the center of the text.

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

Select the font and define [Style], [Size], and [Font Set]. Depending on the font you selected, available [Style], [Size], and [Font Set] will differ.

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.

Anti-alias

Anti-aliasing smooths out rough edges of characters, beautifying their look.

  • This cannot be set in combination with background or text color animation.

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].

Align

Select the alignment of the text from [Align Left], [Align Center], or [Align Right]. When the [Font Type] is set to [Image Font], you can also select [Align on Both Sides].

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.