Daktronics Venus 1500 Ver 3.x - Manual (Page 181)

Using Venus 1500 to Display Non-English Fonts 163
6.
Fonts and scripts may need to be installed for languages that are not presently
installed. Check the Install files for complex script and right-to-left languages
checkbox control. Click Apply to accept changes.
A blue icon will appear in the desktop taskbar (usually located at the bottom right of the
screen). The icon indicates the current input locale as an abbreviation. The icon indicates
English.
Windows 2000
1. At the top of the General tab is a section called Settings for the current user. Select the
desired locale from the available list and click Apply. When applying changes, the
computer may need to be restarted.
2.
At the bottom of the General tab is a section called Language settings for the system.
Select the desired language and click Apply.
3. Select the Input Locales tab. ―English‖ may be the only language listed in the Input
language box.
4.
Click Add….
5.
From the Input locale list, select the non-English language and appropriate country.
The Keyboard lat/IME option will be selected accordingly. Then click OK.
6.
Click Apply to save the new settings and then OK to exit the control panel. The system
may need to be rebooted once this is done.
A blue icon will appear on the right side of the Taskbar (next to the clock). The ―EN‖
indicates that the current input locale is English.
To create a graphic frame with the non-English fonts:
1. Create a new graphic frame in the Venus 1500 Message Studio.
2.
Select the Text button from the graphic toolbar and then click on the frame. A text-
object box appears.
3.
To display a non-English font, click on the blue “EN” icon on the taskbar, and then
select the desired font.
4. Select the appropriate font in the Venus 1500 Message Studio (e.g. Simplified Arabic) and
font size.
5.
Enter the desired text.
Note: When the message needs to be saved, switch the input locale back to English using the
blue icon on the taskbar.