The panel style displays in edit mode if it is a user created panel style or in view mode if it was shipped with the software.

Panel Information Section

Displays the name of the current panel style, the units which the software uses to match the drawing's units, and the M.U.T.C.D. Edition.

Text Spacing Section

Allows you to specify the spacing between lines, words, and letters.

Spacing between lines is the size of the 'gap' between them. A factor of 0.0 would produce lines of text that touched without overlapping.

• To have the spacing between lines calculated, click Calc, and then type in the Between lines box the factor to multiply the average of the heights of the two lines by.
• To set the spacing between lines, click Fix, and then type the desired value in the Between lines box.

Note: Spacing between lines was defined as the distance from the bottom of one line to the bottom of the next one in GuideSIGN 3.1.

Spacing between words is calculated as a factor multiplied by the height of the words that are separated by a space. Click the height arrow to select one of the following word height items in the list:

• Larger - the word height is determined by the highest letter in the two words separated by a space.
• Smaller - the word height is determined by the smallest letter in the two words separated by a space.
• Average - the word height is determined by the average height of the letter in the two words separated by a space.

Spacing between letters is calculated as a factor multiplied by the standard spacing.

Australian version: Spacing between words is defined as a factor 'x standard spacing.' Spacing between letters is a factor of Wide, Medium, and Narrow. Therefore, use a factor of 1.0 to obtain 'Wide' spacing between letters.

Symbol/Text Spacing Section

Allows you to specify the horizontal and vertical spacings between lines of text and symbols such as arrows and route shields.

• To have the spacing calculated as a factor multiplied by the text height, click Calc, and then type the factor to use in the calculation.
• To set the spacing to a particular value, click Fix, and then type in the Horizontal or Vertical box the desired value for the spacing between the lines of text and symbols.

Symbol/Symbol Spacing Section

Allows you to specify the horizontal and vertical spacings between two symbols, such as an arrow and a route shield, or two route shields, etc.

• To have the spacing calculated as a factor multiplied by the maximum text height in the sign, click Calc, and then type the factor to use in the calculation. If no text occurs in the sign, the text height used is the largest text height set under the Text category in the current panel style (see Text Category).
• To set the spacing to a particular value, click Fix, and then type in the Horizontal or Vertical box the desired value for the spacing between two symbols.

Information

Allows you to add a description for the panel style (i.e. suggested use, the reference source, and the sizes and fonts (letter series) for the major text).