13.8.5 Lamp Feature - Label

Direct Text/Text Table

Select the Label's text type.

Input the text into the text window, and it is placed directly as fixed text.

Use text from a previously saved Text Table.
18.3 Changing Text to Other Languages

Select State

Specify the Lamp state.

Set the label for the Lamp state.

You can set the label of the Lamp when OFF.

You can set the label of the Lamp when ON.

Specify the [Number of States] in the [Lamp Feature]'s detail settings, and then set the label of each of the Lamp states.
13.8 Lamp Settings Guide

Label Text Settings

Sets a font for the label.

Font Type

Choose a font type for the text.

Standard Font/Stroke 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

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.

18.9 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 8x width or height (8 x 8 to 64 x 64 pixels)
8 x 16 pixel standard unit, 1 to 8x 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], [Russian (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

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.

  • When you select [Text Table], the setup method varies whether the [Enable Language Change Feature] is set in the Common Settings [Text Table Settings].
    When the [Enable Language Change Feature] is not set, characters of the image font used in the text display will be automatically registered. Once registered, you can check the content in the [Characters Used] in the [Image Font] settings.
    When the [Enable Language Change Feature] is set, define the font for each table. When the [Font] dialog box opens, click in each row to define [Font Name], [Style], [Size], and [Character Set].

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.

Anti-alias

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

Text (Input Box)

If [Direct Text] is selected, input the text.

Copy to All States

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.

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].

Text Color

Set the display color for the text.

8.3.1 Setting Colors

Background Color

Set the background color for the text.

8.3.1 Setting Colors

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.

8.3.1 Setting Colors

Blink

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

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.