Characters – WaveWare Adaptive AlphaNet User Manual

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Message Editor

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Cycle Color

Cascades colors through the message from the bottom up.

Clock

Wipes information on and off the sign as if a second hand were sweeping
around it.

Explode

Rolls information from the center of the sign and out in all four directions at
once.

Characters

(For more

information, see

“Using characters

to change the look

of a message” on

page 54.)

NOTE: Some

characters may not

be available on a

sign. See

“Appendix C —

Character fonts and

colors available on

signs” on

page 139.

15/16 Row Normal

The height of text in rows. For example, Seven Row Normal (or Fancy) text is 7
rows tall on a sign.

See “Text comes in four basic sizes” on page 148.

15/16 Row Fancy

Ten Row

Seven Row Normal

Seven Row Fancy

Five Row

Condensed

Allows selection of 15/16 Row, Ten Row, Seven Row, or Five Row in a
condensed format.

Custom

Allows selection of 15/16 Row, Ten Row, Seven Row, or Five Row in a
customized format. Custom fonts must be installed in the sign’s memory
outside of AlphaNET™ 3.0 software.

Color

Allows selection of multiple colors if you have a multicolor sign. If no color is
selected, then autocolor is set. In this case, the available colors are randomly
displayed.

Normal

The default setting for characters.

Wide

Text is displayed in bold characters.

Double Wide

Text is displayed in very bold characters.

Flashing

Allows individual or many characters to flash on and off.

Double High

Doubles the selected character height

True Descenders

When checked, the lower (or descender) part of letters such as j, g, and q are
displayed on a sign.

Fixed Width

When checked, each character takes up a fixed width like typewriter text.
Otherwise, text is displayed proportionally with varying widths.

Shadow

Allows selection of the shadow color for the message characters.

Table 19: Message Editor

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