A character display apparatus for displaying a character pattern on a display panel includes circuitry for providing a viewing frame of rectangular shape to point out a data input area.
An image display device having unit image elements each arranged in a matrix formation and adapted to display a character signal synthesized with or superposed on an image signal further comprises means for matching the dot timing of the character signal and the scanning timing determined by the number of image elements of the image display device so that characters can be clearly displayed against a background image.
A ruled line pattern is divided into four line elements, two of them being assigned to represent the vertical rule line and the remaining two elements being assigned to represent the horizontal rule line. Selection keys are provided on a keyboard panel for selecting a desired line element. The ruled line data is of four (4) bit construction and is developed in response to the input operation conducted through the selection keys. The first and the third bits of the ruled line data represent the horizontal rule line, and the second and fourth bits of the ruled line data represent the vertical rule line in each address.
