18.7.2.2 Drawing Text (Using the Text Table)

Text Table

Displays Text registered as a Text Table.

Font

Set a font for the text.

Font Type

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

Standard Font/Stroke Font

  • Standard Font

This bitmap font displays quickly, because it is composed of dots.

  • Stroke Font

This vector font maintains its shape when enlarged, because its shape is described with lines.

Automatically Adjust Text Size

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.

  • This property is unavailable when the [Direction] is [Vertical].

Text Size

Choose a font size for the text.

  • 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 single-byte alphanumeric characters.

  • Stroke Font

6 to 127
When using [Automatically Adjust Text Size], define the [Maximum Size] and [Minimum Size] of fonts. The text font size is adjusted within this range.

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]

Direction

Select from [Horizontal] or [Vertical].

Centering

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

Image Font

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

Select Font

Define the font, and set up the [Style], [Size], and [Font Set]. 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 within the set range to fit the text in the part. The setup range from 1 to 1638 points.

Compress

Compress data.

Color

Configure the color settings for the text.

Text Color

Select the text's color.

Background Color

Set the background color for the text.

Shadow Color

This can only be set when [Shadow] is set in [Text Attribute].

Blink

Select the blink and blink speed. You can set different blink settings for [Text Color], [Shadow Color], and [Background Color].

Align

When [Horizontal] is selected in [Direction], select the alignment of the text.

Line Spacing

Set a value from 0 to 255.

Text

Select text to display from the registered Text Tables.

If you select [Add Text], the dialog box appears and you can add new text in the Text Table.

Add Text

Displays the [Add Text] dialog box where you can add new text in the Text Table.

Center

When [Horizontal] is selected in [Direction], set whether to display the text in the center of the text display area.

18.9.2 Text