Barcode

[Nitro]

Hello Fellow Programmers.

Does anyone know where I can get barcode font and are there different variation of them?

Thank you and have a nice day!

[oetje]

Maybe this helps you. btw, I'm now a Fanatic Member .

[parksie]

There's a barcode font I made for a different project here: http://www.parksie.uklinux.net/Code39.ttf

This one is Code 39, which is slightly different, but widely used, especially in libraries. The only thing is you need to have a * at the start and end:

M I K E ==> * M I K E * for the reader

[oetje]

Parksie, did you create the font? Which program do you use for creating fonts? Thanks.

[parksie]

I can't remember where it was from, but it was a program called "Font Creator Program" (often just FCP).

I didn't actually create it totally, but it was cobbled together from other bits, and I redid a couple of bits. That's why the letters D, E, M, and O are missing . But since I didn't need the letters when I made it, I wasn't too bothered. You can buy official (and much higher quality) fonts with everything in, but only for about £100, which is far too much just for a font!

[Nitro]

Greatly appreciated oetje and parksie, I will play with it now!

[oetje]

Thanks for the info, Parksie.

[Nitro]

I am not sure if that is what I am looking for.

I am actually looking for something where as I type regular text, it converts to barcode or UPC format. I did it once in Microsoft Word.

[parksie]

The font should be the best thing for that then.

Oetje - http://www.high-logic.com (finally found it!)

have a look at http://www.taltech.com to see an alternative to fonts.

best regards

Sascha

[Nitro]

This is a good site to get *.ttf files for barcode. Anyone knows how to register a new font?

Thanks for helping out who replied!

[parksie]

Copy it into your c:\win98\fonts folder and Windows takes care of the rest.