Example 7 - Using Fonts And Colors - Adaptive Micro Systems BetaBrite 1036 Programming Manual

Example 7 — Using fonts and colors
Fonts
Fonts are the way characters are displayed on a sign. In the world of
printing and publishing, fonts are given names like Times or Helvetica
and qualities like serif or sans serif, font size (like 12 point or 14 point),
bold or italic, etc.:
This is Helvetica — a sans serif font.
The fonts available for your sign are in "Appendix A — Modes, fonts,
colors, and graphics available" on page 41.
Colors
Your sign can display up to eight colors — [GRN] for green, [RED]
for red, etc. — plus four special color combinations.
To determine what colors are available on your sign, see "Appendix
A — Modes, fonts, colors, and graphics available" on page 41.
The following examples demonstrate how to use fonts and colors on
your sign:
Step When you do this...
Delete all the messages currently stored in the sign.
1
(See "Example 5 — Deleting messages" on page 21.)
2 Press PROGRAM.
3 Press ADV.
Press MODE until [HLD]
4
appears.
Press COLOR and then
5 SELECT until [GRN]
(green) appears.
Advanced text messaging: Example 7 — Using fonts and colors
This is Times — a serif font.
We'll make the first part of the message appear in green.
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You see this...
PROG TEXT A
A]
A]
Hold mode turns off Automode.
A]
[HLD][GRN]
[HLD]
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