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IDAutomation.com Code 39 Font Advantage Package

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Demo versions of this software may be used for evaluation purposes only

NOTE: This Code 39 bar code font package should only be used for testing and evaluation purposes because some of the characters contain the "DEMO" watermark at the top, which can cause scan errors. For testing purposes, a successful scan can be obtained by scanning the lower 50% of the barcode that does not contain any "DEMO" watermarks. In addition, only the "M" height font is provided for the Extended Code 39 sample in a Human Readable form. If you order the Code 39 Font Advantage Package License, you will receive fully functional fonts with rights to use the font tools. To order, please visit the Barcode 39 Font Site or ORDER NOW.

Our Code 39 Font Advantage Package is more than just a few barcode fonts. This package contains several different Code 39 font versions in 6 different font formats. You also receive font tools, macros and source code to help you integrate the fonts into your application. Implementing barcode solutions with our fonts provides a high level of scalability with operating system, application and printer independence. Learn more about the quality of our fonts.

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Code 39 Symbology Information

Code 39, also called Code 3 of 9 is an easy to print barcode commonly used for various bar-coding labels such as name badges, inventory and industrial applications. The Code 39 barcode is the easiest to use of alpha-numeric barcodes and is designed for character self-checking, eliminating the requirement for check character calculations. Code 39 is used for several standards including:

For more information about Code 39, please refer to the Code 39 FAQ.

Code 39 Font Advantage Package Features

This package contains 24 different Code 39 fonts in 6 different font formats. The license to the package also provides the rights to use the font tools, macros and source code to help integrate the fonts into application. Details of the Font Advantage Package are as follows:

Code 39 Font Specifications and Font Name Descriptions

The X dimension (X is the width of the narrow bar) is listed below for various point sizes. The narrow to wide ratio is 3:1 which is recommended by international standards. IDAutomation also offers the Universal Barcode Font Advantage™ which is 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.

Point Size

Approximate X dimension (1 mil = .001")

48 .157 CM .040"
36 .118 CM .030"
24 .078 CM .020"
20 .065 CM .016"
16 .052 CM .013"
12 .039 CM  .010"
8 .026 CM .007"
6 .019 CM .005"

* To print at a different X dimension, find the point size that has the X dimension closest to the point size that is needed or use this formula to find the point size that is needed:
12 * (X dimension wanted) / (X dimension at 12 points) = (point size converted to integer)
For example, if an X dimension of 12 mils is needed, then the barcode should be printed at 14 points because: 12 * 12 / 10 = 14

NOTICE: When using a printer with less than 600 DPI, the following point sizes should be used to create accurate barcodes:

 203 DPI Printer (thermal printer)  300 DPI Printer
 6, 12, 18, 24, 30, 36...  4, 8, 12, 16, 20, 24, 28, 32, 36...

24 different versions of the Code 39 barcode fonts are provided to support human readable versions and different width and height requirements. The last character in the Code 39 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 combinations of heights that can be produced.

Font name of purchased version Font name of eval version* Font height at 12 points*
Code 3 of 9 Fonts with text below the barcode:
IDAutomationHC39XS IDAutomationSHC39XS  .20"  or .5 CM
IDAutomationHC39S IDAutomationSHC39S  .35"  or .9 CM
IDAutomationHC39M IDAutomationSHC39M  .50"  or 1.2 CM
IDAutomationHC39L IDAutomationSHC39L  .70"  or 1.8 CM
IDAutomationHC39XL IDAutomationSHC39XL  .90"  or 2.3 CM
IDAutomationHC39XXL IDAutomationSHC39XXL  1.25" or 3.2 CM
Code 3 of 9 Fonts with no text below the barcode:
IDAutomationC39XS IDAutomationSC39XS  .20"  or .5 CM
IDAutomationC39S IDAutomationSC39S  .35"  or .9 CM
IDAutomationC39M IDAutomationSC39M  .50"  or 1.2 CM
IDAutomationC39L IDAutomationSC39L  .70"  or 1.8 CM
IDAutomationC39XL IDAutomationSC39XL  .90"  or 2.3 CM
IDAutomationC39XXL IDAutomationSC39XXL  1.25" or 3.2 CM
Extended Code 3 of 9 Fonts with text below the barcode:
IDAutomationXHC39XS    .20"  or .5 CM
IDAutomationXHC39S    .35"  or .9 CM
IDAutomationXHC39M IDAutomationSXHC39M  .50"  or 1.2 CM
IDAutomationXHC39L    .70"  or 1.8 CM
IDAutomationXHC39XL    .90"  or 2.3 CM
IDAutomationXHC39XXL    1.25" or 3.2 CM
Extended Code 3 of 9 Fonts with no text below the barcode:
IDAutomationXC39XS    .20"  or .5 CM
IDAutomationXC39S    .35"  or .9 CM
IDAutomationXC39M    .50"  or 1.2 CM
IDAutomationXC39L    .70"  or 1.8 CM
IDAutomationXC39XL    .90"  or 2.3 CM
IDAutomationXC39XXL    1.25" or 3.2 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 10 mils.

To print at a different height, find the font that has the height closest to what is needed or use this formula to find the point size to print the font at to get that height:
12 * (height wanted) / (height at 12 points) = (point size converted to nearest integer)
For example, if using IDAutomationHC39M and the barcode needs to be about .75" tall, then it should be printed at 17 points because: 12 * .75 / .5 = 17


Font Installation Instructions

NOTICE: When printing the barcode fonts at less than 12 points, a high quality printer with a 600 DPI or greater resolution should be used; it may also be necessary to reduce the print intensity if you have increased this in the past to a value greater than normal.

If you need to print barcodes smaller than 12 points with a 203 DPI printer, it is recommended you print at point sizes 4, 8 or 12 to create a high quality barcode. For a 300 DPI printer, it is recommended you print at point sizes 2.8, 5.5, 8 or above.

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

  1. Click on Start, Select settings and click on Control Panel.
  2. Click on Fonts, Click on File in your main tool bar, Select Install New Font.
  3. Select the folder where you placed the barcode fonts.
  4. The fonts will appear and look like this: FontName (true type) - select the fonts you want to install and choose OK.
  5. Click Start and choose to shut down and restart your computer.
  6. The font should be active when you restart your computer.

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.
  7. To create the correct output for the font, you will need to choose the font in your application and type in the corresponding letter.

Font installation procedures for other operating systems are provided here


Extended Character Set Fonts and Information

NOTE: For Code 3 of 9 extended characters to scan properly, you must first program your scanner to accept them.  

The full 128 character ASCII character set can be printed (in accordance with ISO 646) with the Code 39 barcode using combinations of two symbol characters made up of one of the four Code 39 characters + $ % and /  followed by one of the 26 Code 39 barcode alphabetic characters. We recommend you also consider using Code 128 or PDF417 for these purposes, if you intend to encode a large amount of extended characters, because Code 39 if very inefficient in extended mode and the barcodes can become quite long.

Extended Code 39 is useful if tabs, returns or lower case letters need to be encoded. There are two methods of implementing Extended Code 39, you may use our Extended Code 39 Font or you may print the characters with standard Code 39 using the Full ASCII Chart

Scanning Returns and Tabs:

To create a barcode that scans in 1234 and then a return function, *1234$M* would need to be printed. These can be combined also, for example *12$I34$M* prints the barcode that scans 12, then a tab, 34 and then a return. Refer to the Full ASCII Chart for other codes. For these extended characters to scan properly, you must first program your scanner to accept them.  

About The Extended Code 39 Fonts

The IDAutomation Extended Code 39 font character set is listed below. We have created this font for the convenience of our users that have a need to print some of the extended characters as they are on the keyboard. The start & stop character for this font is the asterisk. This implementation, as a font, is not compatible with our font automation tools and it does have some other limitations. For example, to print a space, you must print the "~" character. Since the asterisk is still the start/stop character, you must print "/J" if you want to scan an actual asterisk. The characters  %$/ and + cannot be scanned from this font either because they are control characters. To create a scannable "%" character, you would need to print "/E". In addition to the space character, several other characters cannot be printed from the keyboard, such as tabs and returns. You will need to use the full ASCII chart at the bottom of this page to encode these characters. For these extended characters to scan properly, you must first program your scanner to accept them.  

The Extended Code 39 Font Character Set

The column, ExtC39 Character, lists the character that resides at the location which can be used to print the corresponding symbol. The column, Scans As, lists the character that the scanner will scan when it is in extended mode. The ASCII and Unicode columns designate the location, in either ASCII or Unicode, where the barcode symbol for the character resides.

ExtC39
Character
Scans As ASCII * Unicode *      ExtC39
Character
Scans As ASCII * Unicode *  
space na 0032 0020     V V 0086 0056  
! ! 0033 0021     W W 0087 0057  
" " 0034 0022     X X 0088 0058  
# # 0035 0023     Y Y 0089 0059  
$ control 0036 0024     Z Z 0090 005A  
% control 0037 0025     [ [ 0091 005B  
& & 0038 0026     \ \ 0092 005C  
' ' 0039 0027     ] ] 0093 005D  
( ( 0040 0028     ^ ^ 0094 005E  
) ) 0041 0029     _ _ 0095 005F  
* Start / Stop 0042 002A     ` ` 0096 0060  
+ control 0043 002B     a a 0097 0061  
, , 0044 002C     b b 0098 0062  
- - 0045 002D     c c 0099 0063  
. . 0046 002E     d d 0100 0064  
/ control 0047 002F     e e 0101 0065  
0 0 0048 0030     f f 0102 0066  
1 1 0049 0031     g g 0103 0067  
2 2 0050 0032     h h 0104 0068  
3 3 0051 0033     i i 0105 0069  
4 4 0052 0034     j j 0106 006A  
5 5 0053 0035     k k 0107 006B  
6 6 0054 0036     l l 0108 006C  
7 7 0055 0037     m m 0109 006D  
8 8 0056 0038     n n 0110 006E  
9 9 0057 0039     o o 0111 006F  
: : 0058 003A     p p 0112 0070  
; ; 0059 003B     q q 0113 0071  
< < 0060 003C     r r 0114 0072  
= = 0061 003D     s s 0115 0073  
> > 0062 003E     t t 0116 0074  
? ? 0063 003F     u u 0117 0075  
@ @ 0064 0040     v v 0118 0076  
A A 0065 0041     w w 0119 0077  
B B 0066 0042     x x 0120 0078  
C C 0067 0043     y y 0121 0079  
D D 0068 0044     z z 0122 007A  
E E 0069 0045     { { 0123 007B  
F F 0070 0046     | | 0124 007C  
G G 0071 0047     } } 0125 007D  
H H 0072 0048     ~ Space 0126 007E  
I I 0073 0049              
J J 0074 004A              
K K 0075 004B              
L L 0076 004C              
M M 0077 004D              
N N 0078 004E              
O O 0079 004F              
P P 0080 0050              
Q Q 0081 0051              
R R 0082 0052              
S S 0083 0053              
T T 0084 0054              
U U 0085 0055              

The Extended Code 39 Full ASCII Chart

NOTE: For these extended characters to scan properly, you must first program your scanner to accept them.  

The full 128 character ASCII character set can be printed in accordance with ISO 646.  This may also be encoded in the Code 39 barcode font using combinations of two symbol characters made up of one of the four Code 39 characters (+ $ % / ) followed by one of the 26 Code 39 barcode alphabetic characters. 

ASCII Code 39 ASCII Code 39 ASCII Code 39 ASCII Code 39 ASCII Code 39
A A a +A 0 0 ESC  (Escape) %A SH  (Start of Heading) $A
B B b +B 1 1 FS  (File Separator) %B SX  (Start of Text) $B
C C c +C 2 2 GS  (Group Separator) %C EX  (End of Text) $C
D D d +D 3 3 RS  (Record Separator) %D ET  (End of Transmission) $D
E E e +E 4 4 US  (Unit Separator) %E EQ  (Enquiry) $E
F F f +F 5 5 ; %F AK  (Acknowledge) $F
G G g +G 6 6 < %G BL  (Bell-Audible of Attention Signal) $G
H H h +H 7 7 = %H BS  (Backspace) $H
I I i +I 8 8 > %I HT  (Horizontal Tabulation) $I
J J j +J 9 9 ? %J LF  (Line Feed) $J
K K k +K ! /A [ %K VT  (Vertical Tabulation) $K
L L l +L " /B \ %L FF  (Form Feed) $L
M M m +M # /C ] %M CR  (Carriage Return) $M
N N n +N $ /D ^ %N SO  (Shift Out) $N
O O o +O % /E _ %O SI  (Shift In) $O
P P p +P & /F { %P DL  (Data Link Escape) $P
Q Q q +Q ' /G | %Q D1  (Device Control 1-XON) $Q
R R r +R ( /H } %R D2  (Device Control 2) $R
S S s +S ) /I ~ %S D3  (Device Control 3-XOFF) $S
T T t +T * /J DEL %T D4  (Device Control 4) $T
U U u +U + /K NU (Null) %U NK  (Negative Acknowledge) $U
V V v +V , /L @ %V SY  (Synchronous Idle) $V
W W w +W - /M ` %W EB  (End of Transmission Block) $W
X X x +X . /N SP
(= or ~ in our fonts)
SP
 
CN  (Cancel) $X
Y Y y +Y / /O EM  (End of Medium) $Y
Z Z z +Z : /Z     SB  (Substitute) $Z

 

Font names used prior to July, 2003

The last character in the Code 39 barcode font name determines the height of the barcode with the shortest being "a" and the tallest being "f".

Font name of purchased version Font name of eval version* Font height at 12 points*
Code 3 of 9 Fonts with text below the barcode:
AdvHC39a SAdHC39a  1/8" (.125") or .3cm
AdvHC39b SAdHC39b  1/4" (.25") or .6cm
AdvHC39c SAdHC39c  13/32" (.4") or 1cm
AdvHC39d SAdHC39d  1/2" (.5") or 1.5cm
AdvHC39e SAdHC39e  7/8" (.88") or 2.2cm
AdvHC39f SAdHC39f  1 5/16" (1.31") or 3.4cm
Code 3 of 9 Fonts with no text below the barcode:
AdvC39a AdvC39a  1/8" (.125") or .3cm
AdvC39b AdvC39b  1/4" (.25") or .6cm
AdvC39c AdvC39c  13/32" (.4") or 1cm
AdvC39d AdvC39d  1/2" (.5") or 1.5cm
AdvC39e AdvC39e  7/8" (.88") or 2.2cm
AdvC39f AdvC39f  1 5/16" (1.31") or 3.4cm
Extended Code 3 of 9 Fonts with text below the barcode:
ExtHC39a    1/8" (.125") or .3cm
ExtHC39b    1/4" (.25") or .6cm
ExtHC39c SEXTH39C  13/32" (.4") or 1cm
ExtHC39d    1/2" (.5") or 1.5cm
ExtHC39e    7/8" (.88") or 2.2cm
ExtHC39f    1 5/16" (1.31") or 3.4cm
Extended Code 3 of 9 Fonts with no text below the barcode:
ExtC39a    1/8" (.125") or .3cm
ExtC39b    1/4" (.25") or .6cm
ExtC39c SEXTC39C  13/32" (.4") or 1cm
ExtC39d    1/2" (.5") or 1.5cm
ExtC39e    7/8" (.88") or 2.2cm
ExtC39f    1 5/16" (1.31") or 3.4cm
 

 

 

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