Daktronics Venus 1500 Ver 3.x - Manual (Page 89)

The Venus 1500 Message Studio
Tutorial 75
10. Highlight the text and click on the Outline or Shadow
button to add a 1-pixel outline/shadow around the selected text. Click
on the corresponding down arrows to select the desired color.
11.
If the selected font was the Venus type, the Flashing tool can be
enabled. Highlight the text to flash and click on . The text will
appear grayed to indicate that the flashing mode is activated.
12.
If the selected font is a True Type font, the Smooth text tool can be
activated.
13.
Click to preview the message.
14.
If the text flashes too fast or too slow, open the Properties window and
change the Flash Rate field from the down arrows (Figure 104).
15.
Click Apply.
16. Click OK.
17.
Preview the message again to ensure the modifications are
appropriate.
18.
Save the message.
Note: In graphic frames, the font size may not directly correlate with the
height of the font in pixels. This is due to the difference between point sizes
and actual pixels.
Figure 104: Frame Properties – Flash Rate