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François Bernier
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March 22, 2021
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Opentype barcode font

  • March 22, 2021
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Dear Community,

Hope you're doing fine

I'm looking for an opentype font to create bar codes. So far, I've been using a postscript one, wich won't work within 2 years.

During my research, I've found many true type fonts, bur really need a open type, for books covers (13 digits to convert)

Any idea ?

Cheers

François

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John Mensinger
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John MensingerCommunity Expert
Community Expert
March 23, 2021

I know it's not what you asked for, but you might consider giving up the potential risk and hassle of barcode fonts, and simply set your barcodes as vector graphics, easily and reliably generated at: https://the-burtons.xyz/barcode-generator/ For your pro application, monetary support of the author is recommended, but the quality service is otherwise free.

 

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    Henna5EAF
    Participant
    October 9, 2024

    Hi, I'm not sure if I'm still allowed to answer such an old topic, but I'lll try anyway. 
    Getting the ean codes in Indesign is actually quite easy with the right tools. 
    I have all the information in Excel and will use that in Indesign Tables directly with barcode font (clled Viisas EAN, https://www.jltypes.com/en/home)
    With the correct license, the numbers are converted to an actual Barcode with no problem at all. 
    (and no, I'm not the sales person of this font, just wanted to share the info about this brilliant Finnish product :-)) 

      Robert at ID-Tasker
      Robert at ID-Tasker
      Legend
      October 9, 2024

      https://www.jltypes.com/en/home 

       

      Without ")" at the end. 

       

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      Community Expert
      Jeffrey_SmithCommunity Expert
      Community Expert
      March 22, 2021

      What kind of barcode: 39, 128, etc. ?

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      François BernierAuthor
      Participating Frequently
      March 23, 2021

      Hi Jeffrey,

      It would be an EAN code, does that help ?

      Thanks

      François

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      Community Expert
      Jeffrey_SmithCommunity Expert
      Community Expert
      March 23, 2021

      EAN barcodes have a checksum, which is a calculation. For Indesign use, there are EAN barcode fonts you can enter data string to create code. For the check sum, you can manually calculate, add to data string, or go without checksum.

       

      Barcodes without check sum can be read by some scanner/readers, but some may not properly scan the code. This is the reason I asked the kind of barcode.

       

      Any code that requires a check sum, I would suggest using a method that automatically does the calculation. This method can be a barcode application, web service, script, etc.

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