How do I get a BrightSign player to display non-Latin characters in BrightAuthor?

The XTx44/43, XDx34/33/32/30, HDx24/23, LS424/423, and 4Kx42 models can display non-Latin characters (e.g. Chinese, Japanese, Arabic, Hebrew) by default, but you'll likely still want to assign a font set to replace the basic default font.

The HDx22, LSx22, and HDx20 models cannot display non-Latin characters by default. For these models, you must assign a custom font to display non-Latin characters.

Note: BrightSign players can display any TrueType Font (.ttf or .ttc) file. Other font file types are not supported.

Live Text

You can specify a font for a single Live Text element, or you can choose a default font to use with all Live Text elements:

To choose a font for a single Live Text element:

1. Create or open a Live Text state.
2. Select a Live Text element by clicking the text box.
3. Click the Set Text Parameters box.
4. Click the Browse box next to the Font field.
5. Locate and open the East Asian font file you wish to use.
6. Click OK to close the Edit Text Parameters box and apply the font to the Live Text element.

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To choose a default font for all new Live Text elements:

1. Navigate to Edit > Preferences.
2. Select the Live Text tab.
3. Click the Browse box next to the Font field.
4. Locate and open the East Asian font file you wish to use.
5. Click OK to apply the new default font.

Note: The new default font applies only to Live Text elements created after this change is made.

Ticker Zones

To change the font of a ticker zone:

1. Navigate to Edit > Playlist in the secondary toolbar.
2. Select the Ticker zone and click the Zone Properties button next to the zone layout view.
3. Click the Browse box next to the Font field.
4. Locate and open the East Asian font file you wish to use.
5. Click OK to close the Edit Zone box and apply the font to all text in the zone.

Note: This change does not apply to other Ticker zones in the presentation.

HTML5

There are two ways to display East Asian fonts in an HTML5 zone:

• The page CSS can call the font from local storage. Make sure to place the font file in the root of the site folder that is contained on the local storage. You can also add font files to HTML5 states in BrightAuthor.

• If the player is retrieving the HTML5 page file(s) from a remote source, it can download and display any web fonts called by the page.