Omron NB-series Operation Manual page 114

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(a) Limitations to ASCII codes for the vector font: The text contents used for the component dealing
with text string often can't be decided during the compilation of the project, and due to the
limitations to the storage capacity, all the characters that may be used can't be downloaded to the
PT. Therefore, these components can only use ASCII characters (The matrix information
supporting all the ASCII characters for this font have been downloaded to the PT by the software.)
when using the vector font.
(b) Unicode character encoding. When the Bitmap Font and the Unicode are selected simultaneously,
you can use the function key to input Unicode character to the text input component.
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Time Component
Time component can display the information such as year, month, day, hour, minute, second and
week etc. of the current system in the simplest way.
When the vector font is selected, the time will be displayed according to the set vector font.
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List and Drop-down List
List and drop-down list options are available for selection in the Word Switch component, and in
such state, the label for the component is listed as the list. Similarly, fonts can be set for each
language and each state.
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Alarm and Event Information
Alarm and event information component can also set different vector fonts for each piece of alarm
information and for each language (When the text library is used.) respectively.
Use of Font Toolbar
The software provides the toolbar for convenient font operation. When you select one or more
components, you can use the font toolbar to change the font Properties of the related components.
Please pay attention to the following conditions:
(a) The font attributes set through the toolbar for the current state and current language. If the
attributes of other states and languages need to be changed, you can do it through the component
dialog box or by changing the current state or the current language of the project, as shown below:
(b) When multiple components are selected, if the component doesn't support a certain font attribute,
the attribute of this component will not be affected by using the font toolbar to set the font attribute.
Notes for Using Vector Font
Based on the special realizing method for the vector font, the following conditions should be paid
attention to when the vector font is used:
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If the font which is not supported for text to be displayed is used, the font cannot be displayed
correctly.
For example, if you want to display four characters "
four characters are not included in the Arial character set, so four square boxes will be displayed in
this case, as shown below. Therefore, you must select the fonts supporting text to be displayed.
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