BetaBrite Director User Manual
Advanced text messaging: Example 8 — Using fonts and colors
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Example 8 — Using fonts and colors
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 sign can display two types of fonts:
To change from one font to the other, press the FONT key.
The following examples demonstrate how to use fonts on a sign:
Step
When you do this...
You see this...
1
Press
PROGRAM
.
(If PAGE C is not displayed,
just press
C
.)
Using
SHIFT
+
5
, change
the MODE to Hold.
Upper-
and
lowercase
letters can be used with
this font.
Only
upper-case letters
can be used with this
font.
This is the first font.
T H I S I S T H E S E C O N D F O N T
WELCOME!
Hernia Movers
“ T H E P O T E N T A T E
O F T O T I N ’
F R E I G H T ”
This is the message we’ll create
using both of the sign’s fonts.
PAGE C
MODE: [HLD]
SPEED:[SP4]
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