Fonts settings

Set color, font type and size, and other display options for charts and tables.

Note: Font settings and all other settings located in the Chart overrides node of the Settings dialog can be saved as a chart skin that you can apply to any charts. For more information, see Chart Skins

 

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Navigating to this setting

On the Settings tab

Follow this path on the Settings tab to temporarily override default settings for fonts and other display items on charts and tables:

Chart overrides | Fonts

In the GainSeeker Systems Administration module

System administrators can follow this path on the Configurations tab of the System Administration module to set default:

Configurations | (configuration name) | Charts defaults | Shared (DMS and SPC) | Fonts

Chart fonts

Change the font type, size, and color for labels and titles on charts. The Color and font options for each of the label and title options are the same.

In following example, the color of the fonts for the Title 1, Title 2, and Title 3 options have been changed from black to other colors.

Color =

To change the font color for a label or title:

  1. Double-click Color = .

The Color dialog opens (Fig. A below).

  1. Click a color to select it for the font. Then, click OK, or click on a color close to the one you want and then click Define Custom Colors >>. Move the arrows on the right side of the dialog (Fig. B below) and the arrow in the rainbow field to fine-tune the color. Then, click OK.

Fig. A  Fig. B

Font =

To change the Font, Font style, or font Size:

Table fonts

Set the background colors for tables, and the font types, sizes, and colors used.

The Data Table option has been expanded in this example to display the Alternate row color, Back color, Font, and fore color options. Those options are the same for each of the table types.

In this example, the font for the data has been sized larger and changed from black, and the background color has been changed from white:

Alternate row color

Select the Alternate row color checkbox for the Data Table, Statistics List, Statistics Table, and DMS Detail table types to have alternate colors on odd and even rows. For details, see Select specific colors for odd and even rows.

This setting does not apply to the Monitor Table.

Back color =

Change the background color of the table.

This setting is not used when the checkbox for the Alternate row color setting is selected.

This setting does not apply to the Monitor Table.

Font =

Change the Font, Font style, or font Size for the table.

Fore color =

Choose the font color for the table.

Please note that your Fore color setting may be overridden on rows or cells where real-time failure colors on the table would make that text illegible.