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IDAutomation Codabar Font Advantage Package DEMO

A license is required for each computer this software is installed on;
this software may only be used according to the License Agreement.
Demo versions of this software may be used for evaluation purposes only

Demo Version Note:
The sample fonts provided in the demo version may be used for evaluation purposes only. The only restriction in the demo version is a watermark at the top of some digits. The watermark will not appear in the licensed version. All sample fonts include the letter "S" in the name to differentiate them from the licensed version.

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Codabar Symbology Information

The Codabar bar code symbology is used for various numeric bar coding applications including libraries, blood banks and parcels. Codabar was designed for character self-checking, eliminating the requirement for checksum characters. However, checksum characters in the Codabar barcode are optional and they do maximize data integrity.

The symbology of the Codabar character set consists of bar code symbols representing characters 0-9, Letters A to D and the following symbols: - $ / +. Additional data may be encoded in the actual choice of start and stop codes. The letters A, B C and D are used for start and stop codes. For example, to print the data 2727 in the Codabar barcode font, print A2727B with the Codabar font selected.

How to use Codabar fonts

To create a correct Codabar barcode symbol, one of the start/stop characters (such as A, B, C or D) must be included before and after the data in each barcode symbol. This is intended to inform the scanner where the bar code starts and stops.

For example:
To create a barcode that encodes the data "1234":
(1) select the Codabar barcode font;
(2) type the start character, which is "A";
(3) type the data, which is "1234";
(4) type the stop character, which is "B"; and
(5) then change the font back to the default font.

Barcodes may be dynamically created as a calculated field in a text box by using a formula that appends the start and stop characters and selecting the barcode font for the text box. This is possible in several applications including the following:

Additional examples are provided at our Font Tools site.

Codabar Font Advantage Package Features

This package contains twelve different font versions in six font formats, plus font tools, macros and source code to help integrate the fonts into an application. Details of the Codabar Font Advantage Package are as follows:

Specifications

The X dimension (X is the width of the narrow bar) is listed below for various point sizes. IDAutomation’s advanced Codabar fonts have been designed to dependably and constantly scan barcodes when printed at large and small point sizes. With a 600 DPI laser printer, the Codabar font can be printed as small as 6 points if the scanner supports reading it. Printed with an HP Laserjet at 600 DPI, IDAutomation has been able to dependably scan the Codabar font printed at 6 points with the IDAutomation CCD scanner. Excluding the start and stop characters, slightly more than 18 CPI print density can be achieved when printing at 6 points. Keep in mind though, the Codabar fonts should be printed at 12 points or larger for open systems.

Point Size

Approximate X dimension

24 .50 mm .020"
18 .38 mm .015"
12 .25 mm .010"
9 .19 mm .008"
6 .127 mm .005"

IDAutomation also offers the Universal Barcode Font Advantage™, designed to support most linear barcodes as a single font on multiple operating systems and locales. This Universal Font can provide wide to narrow ratios of 2:1, 2.5:1 and 3:1.

Twelve different versions of the Codabar barcode fonts are provided to support human-readable versions and different height requirements. Fonts with the letter "H" in the font name are "human readable" versions. The last characters in the Codabar barcode font name determines the height of the barcode, with the shortest being "XS" and the tallest being "XXL". Because each single font can be printed at various point sizes, there are several height/width combinations that can be produced.

Font name of purchased version Font name of eval version* Font height at 12 points*
Codabar Fonts with no text below the barcode:
IDAutomationCBXS IDAutomationSCBXS  1/16" (.078") or .2 cm
IDAutomationCBS IDAutomationSCBS  1/8" (.125") or .4 cm
IDAutomationCBM IDAutomationSCBM  1/4" (.25") or .6 cm
IDAutomationCBL IDAutomationSCBL  1/2" (.5") or 1.1 cm
IDAutomationCBXL IDAutomationSCBXL  5/8" (.625") or 1.6 cm
IDAutomationCBXXL IDAutomationSCBXXL  1" or 2.5 cm
Codabar Fonts with text below the barcode:
IDAutomationHCBXS IDAutomationHSCBXS  1/16" (.078") or .2 cm
IDAutomationHCBS IDAutomationHSCBS  1/8" (.125") or .4 cm
IDAutomationHCBM IDAutomationHSCBM  1/4" (.25") or .6 cm
IDAutomationHCBL IDAutomationHSCBL  1/2" (.5") or 1.1 cm
IDAutomationHCBXL IDAutomationHSCBXL  5/8" (.625") or 1.6 cm
IDAutomationHCBXXL IDAutomationHSCBXXL  1" or 2.5 cm
* Measurements are approximate and were measured when printed at 12 points which should work for most scanners. Measurements for Human Readable fonts do not include the text below. At 12 points, the X dimension is about 8 mils.

To print at a different height, find the font that has the height closest to what is needed and use this formula to find the point size to print the font at that height: 12 * (height you want) / (height at 12 points) = (point size converted to integer)
For example, if using IDAutomationCBL and the size is to be about .75" tall, then it needs to print at 18 points because: 12 * .75 / .5 = 18

Font Installation Instructions

NOTICE: When printing the barcode fonts at less than 16 points, a high quality printer with a 600 DPI or greater resolution should be used. If it is necessary to print smaller than 16 points with a low resolution printer, IDAutomation recommends the Universal Barcode Font Advantage™, which supports low resolution and thermal printers with Codabar.

To install the TrueType fonts in Windows, run INSTALL.EXE or perform the following for manual installation: 

Installing the fonts on Macintosh OS X:

  1. Drag or copy and paste the TrueType font file(s) ending in TTF to the Library/Fonts folder.
  2. To activate the fonts, restart the application - some applications may require you to restart the computer.
  3. The font should now be active in the font menu of your application.

To install the TrueType font on the Classic Macintosh (OS 7.1 - OS 9):

  1. Download and install Stuffit Expander on your Macintosh if you do not have an expander utility that can open ZIP files and decode MacBinary files.
  2. Open the ZIP distribution file that contains the fonts by dragging the ZIP file on the Stuffit Expander icon. The font files will be extracted from the ZIP distribution file and will appear in a subfolder of the folder you placed the ZIP file in. Open this subfolder to view the font files.  At this point, you may want to view the documentation supplied with the font files. To do so just drag the file "readme.html" to the Netscape or Internet Explorer icon.
  3. Now we must decode the files from MacBinary format. Drag the font files that you wish to use that end with "mtt" to the Stuffit Expander icon.
  4. Drag the decoded font files to the System - Fonts folder.
  5. Restart the application you wish to use the font with.
  6. The font will be active in the font menu of your application.

PCL Fonts:
To obtain information about installing PCL fonts, please refer to the PCLinfo.html document provided in the PCL folder of the package.

Font installation procedures for other operating systems are provided here

 

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