Part5CharacterAttributesandTextEffects

The operations in this part of the manual explain how to change fonts and character styles. These characteristics are called “character attributes.” It also tells you how to assign such text effects as underlining, shading, and box printing to text.

Important!

∙Character attributes you specify affect printed text only. The characters on the display do not change.

∙Remember that character attributes are assigned to specific characters. When- ever you replace a character with another one, the new character also picks up the attributes of the original character.

∙Text effects are applied to both displayed text and printed text.

Fonts

This label printer gives you a choice of 10 different fonts. See page E-42 for examples of each type of font.

The following sections describe how to change the default font setting (the font that is automatically used whenever you input text), how to change the font for displayed text, and how you can find out what the font setting is for text on the display.

Important!

∙Built-in fonts are provided for numbers, alpha-characters, European language characters, and some symbols ([Space], [ , ], [ . ], [ : ], [ ; ], [ ? ], [ ! ], [ ‘ ], [ ’ ], [ “ ], [ ” ], [ „ ], [ ¿ ], [ ¡ ], [ ~ ]).

∙You cannot change the font for symbols other than the 15 noted above or for illustrations.

∙When the SIZE setting is 12pt or 9pt,

superscripted or subscripted charac- ters are not affected by FONT settings.

∙Changing the FONT setting also affects the print length.

To change the default font setting

1. Press SET UP to display the SET UP menu.

2.Highlight “DEFAULT FONT” and then press SET.

3.Use uand ito highlight the font you want to set as the default and then press SET.

To change the font for displayed text
1.While there is text on the display, press FONT.

2.Use uand ito highlight the font you want to change to and then press SET.

∙What you should do next depends on the range you want to use.

To change the font for all the text

1.After performing the two steps under “To change the font for displayed text”, use uand ito highlight “ALL” and then press SET.

2.Press SET to change the font for all the text on the display.

∙At this point, the label printer returns to the text input screen.

∙Pressing ESC returns to the RANGE menu without changing anything.

To change the font for blocks of text

1.After performing the two steps under “To change the font for displayed text”, use u and ito highlight “BLOCK” and then press SET.

∙See page E-25 for details about how to use blocks.

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