14.11.2.5 Text Display - Display

Set the font and attributes for text.

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 and 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) x (8 to 128)

  • Standard Font (Fixed Size)

[6x10], [8x13], [13x23] (Display is single-byte characters only)

  • Stroke Font

6 to 127

Display Language

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

  • This setting is disabled when you select the [Synchronize Text Display language with Text Table] check box in the System Settings [Display Unit] - [Display] tab. The language will change to correspond with the language setting of the Text Table; you do not need to set the [Display Language].

Text Attributes

Select the text attributes.

  • Standard Font

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

  • Stroke Font

Stroke Font: Choose from [Normal], [Bold], [Outline]

Image Font

Windows fonts are converted to bitmaps and used in display parts.

Select Font

Define the font, and select the [Style], [Size], and [Font Set].The properties you can define (Style, Size, and Font Set), vary based on fonts.

  • A proportional font cannot be selected.

  • For Data Display [Text Display], single-byte alphabetical characters will be automatically registered as text.If you want to display other characters, click [Character Registration] to add characters.

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

Display Language

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

  • From the System Settings [Display Unit] - [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

The System Settings [Font] opens.Register text to display in the Data Display [Text Display] from the [Image Font] area's [Character Registration] button.

6.5 Font Settings Guide