Example 7 - Using Fonts And Colors - Adaptive Beta-Brite 1024 Programming Manual

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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.
On this sign, the following fonts — called [SS7], [SS5], and [SRF] —
are available:
Sans serif
fonts
(SS7 is what
you normally
see on a sign.)
Serif font
Also, any of the sign's fonts can be made bold (or wider) by using the
button.
WIDTH
To determine what fonts are available on your sign, see "Appendix A
— Modes, fonts, and colors available" on page 36.
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, and colors available" on page 36.
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 "Clearing a sign's memory" on page 5 or "Example 5 — Deleting messages" on page 16.)
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This is Times — a serif font.
This is SS7
THIS IS SS5
This is SRF
Advanced text messaging: Example 7 — Using fonts and colors
Upper and lowercase
letters can be used with
this font.
Only upper letters can
be used with this font.
Upper and lowercase
letters can be used with
this font.
You see this...