Properties Dialog Box

The Properties dialog box is used to specify the properties of text material.

Hint

A piece of "bitmap text" material that uses a bitmap instead of text does not have data corresponding to the Font Settings section, and text and background colors.

Font Settings Section

Used to specify the font (font face, size, and color depth) for displaying text. First you should click either the NSP-100 Built-in or PC Installed option button. When selecting the NSP-100 built-in font, no other settings in this section are required. When selecting a font installed on the PC, specify the desired font from the drop-down list box and the font size from the Size drop-down list box. Then, select "2 Colors" of the Color Depth option buttons when using only one text color, or "16 Colors" to use more than one text color.

Note

Only one font face and size can be specified for each text material piece.

Also, when the NSP-100 built-in font is selected, it is not possible to use more than one text color nor to make the text bold, italic, or underlined.

Type and Title Text Boxes

Used to enter the type and title of the text material. This information will be displayed to identify each piece of text material.

Text Type Drop-down List Box

Selects how the text material should be displayed.

Selection

Description

Constant

Displays stable text.

Blink

Displays blinking text.

Scroll

Makes text flow across the monitor from right to left.

Scroll in

Makes text entered into each line of the Contents text boxes (that fit

 

the width of the screen) flow to the left edge, then stop.

Color (Text and Background) Buttons

Specify the text and background colors. The squares next to the buttons indicate the current colors. To change the setting, click [Text] or [Background], then select the desired color in the Color dialog box.

When "16 Colors" is selected for Color Depth in the Font Settings section, you can specify the different color to each character. Use the Edit Text dialog box to assign a color to each part of the text. You can use only one background color, however.

Transparency Drop-down List Box

Specifies the background color transparency on a full-screen video.

In the case of a piece of bitmap text, the system considers the color corresponding to index 0 of the bitmap as the background, hence transparent, color.

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