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Newbie Font Size Question

Created by: Searchlight at: 9/15/2008 4:59 PM (8 Replies)

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9/15/2008 4:59 PM	Rate (0)
Searchlight Posts: 7 Rating: (0)	HI everyone, I an new to WinCC Flexible (2007) and have a quick question. Ihave chosen a nice font and size that I like on all of my screen buttons. The problem is that when I press a button (MP370 HMI) to toggle the languages (ENG/SPAN), the font and size is no longer what I chose. I cannot seem to find the area where I can set the other language font and size. When I create or modify any button, the font and size is right there in the object properties. But for some reason, when I toggle the languages, the object no longer hold the chosen font and size. Any ideas from anyone? Thanks, Tom
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9/15/2008 5:29 PM	Rate (0)
umencho Grandmaster Joined: 3/21/2006 Last visit: 1/10/2026 Posts: 10247 Rating: (1183)	Hi try like this FAQ: How do you configure Asian fonts in WinCC flexible? ( part Settings in Wincc Flex) regards

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9/15/2008 6:29 PM	Rate (0)
Searchlight Posts: 7 Rating: (0)	While I do appreciate your reply, it does not address my issue. The problem is not a local one, but a font size issue on the actual HMI. The problem ONLY shows up when I toggle the HMI language. The correct language translation shows but in a different font than what I sent on the object's properties. BTW, this HMI is setup with two languages for the button text, English and Spanish. To better explain, I have all my screen button fonts setup with Arial font at 8pt size. But when I toggle the language using a Language button (-1), the fonts on the buttons change to Tahoma 12pt even though this is not what I have set in the properties. So the English button text is ok, but the Spanish button text shows up as a different font and size. Any other ideas?
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9/16/2008 9:05 AM	Rate (0)
Jeebs Posts: 218 Rating: (28)	Hi, For some reason, unknown to me, each language has it's own font and size settings. This gives you the opprotunity to fully customize the texts, but the downside is that you have to fully customize the texts. Best thing to do is set all texts correct in one language, switch display language and then reconfigure them. Language settings > Project languages > Editing language dropdown list on top. Select Spanish and your texts will then display the spanish texts. Now you need to manually configure them. If they are all the same size however, you can select multiple items to set all their text attributes at once. Haven't found an easy way to do this yet. Would be awesome if Siemens could add this functionality in their Project Texts tab. Greets, Jeebs
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9/16/2008 3:09 PM	Rate (0)
JMJ Posts: 487 Rating: (45)	Jeebs Hi, For some reason, unknown to me, each language has it's own font and size settings. Jeebs, Thismay be because some languages require special fonts to display the characters. For example, you will not be using "Times New Roman" or "Arial" for russian or any asian languages. You will need to select the special font that support the alphabets from those languages
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9/16/2008 6:21 PM	Rate (0)
ZAK Gold Member Joined: 5/8/2006 Last visit: 10/23/2025 Posts: 1085 Rating: (78)	Hi, you can change the font and size of each language. Click in your project on "Device Settings > Language and Font". Bye

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9/17/2008 8:49 AM	Rate (0)
Jeebs Posts: 218 Rating: (28)	ZAK Hi, you can change the font and size of each language. Click in your project on "Device Settings > Language and Font". Bye I should've known this one. And thanks JMJ, that explains alot....
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9/18/2008 7:25 PM	Rate (0)
Searchlight Posts: 7 Rating: (0)	I greatly appreciate all the help. I went to that area and I see my Arial font set in both languages as Standard Font, but the Fixed Font Family 0 and 1 and both greyed out and cannot be changed. Any ideas on how to adjust that? Thanks again, Tom
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9/19/2008 9:42 AM	Rate (0)
Jeebs Posts: 218 Rating: (28)	Searchlight I greatly appreciate all the help. I went to that area and I see my Arial font set in both languages as Standard Font, but the Fixed Font Family 0 and 1 and both greyed out and cannot be changed. Any ideas on how to adjust that? Thanks again, Tom Hi, Nope, they are fixed as the name says and cannot be changed. These are the 2 standard fronts used by WinCC Flex. If you want to add a font, you should select it in: Configured font family 0 or 1 If you do not select the Arial in one of those I doubt it will be douwnloaded to the panel. Recall we once had that problem. Hope this helps Jeebs
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