Extron electronics SMP 300 Series User Manual page 84

Changing the Font and Text for the Input Switching On-screen Display
If optional fonts are uploaded to the SMP 300 Series, you can select and use one for
displaying OSD text instead of the default font. Size and color can be selected for the OSD
text. Optional fonts must be uploaded to the fonts folder within the SMP from the File
Management page or by using an SFTP client program before selecting it in this page.
NOTES:
• The SMP supports TrueType™ (.ttf) and OpenType
To upload a font file, use the file upload utility within the File Management page
•
File Management
(see
• The user is responsible for obtaining necessary font licenses before uploading
fonts.
• After changing the font, some text may appear truncated in the OSDs because
characters may be wider in the selected font than in the system default font.
• The font selected here can be different from the font that is used for the metadata
overlay within a recording layout (see
composite mode only)
TIP: Many free, open source fonts are available at https://fonts.google.com/.
To select a different font and change the size and color:
1. Open the Input/Output Settings page (see
2. Expand the OSD Configuration panel (see figure 54).
Figure 54. OSD Configuration Panel
Navigate to the OSD section and select an available font from the Font drop-down list
3.
( ). The selected font is immediately applied to both the input switching OSD and the
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universal OSD.
4. To change the size, enter a number into the Size field or click the Up and Down arrows
( ) to adjust the value. The number is a percentage of the baseline font height, from
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40 to 120%, with 100 being the default.
5. To change the font color, enter a six-character hexadecimal color value into the Color
). The default color is #ffffff (white).
field (
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NOTE: Consult a hex color table, if needed. Each pair of characters represents the
three separate values that specify the levels of the component colors red, green,
and blue, respectively. For example, red is represented by #FF0000, which is
100% red, 0% green, 0% blue.
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on page 95).
Configuring Metadata Elements (For
on page 84).
Input/Output Settings
SMP 300 Series • Web-Based User Interface
(.otf) fonts.
on page 74).
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