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A license is required for each computer
this software is installed on; |
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") |
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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: |
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: |
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:
To install the TrueType font on the Classic Macintosh (OS 7.1 - OS 9):
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.
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$M* prints the barcode that scans 12, then a tab, 34 and then a return. Refer to the Full ASCII Chart for other codes. For these extended characters to scan properly, you must first program your scanner to accept them.
The IDAutomation Extended Code 39 font character set is listed below. We have created this font for the convenience of our users that have a need to print some of the extended characters as they are on the keyboard. The start & stop character for this font is the asterisk. This implementation, as a font, is not compatible with our font automation tools and it does have some other limitations. For example, to print a space, you must print the "~" character. Since the asterisk is still the start/stop character, you must print "/J" if you want to scan an actual asterisk. The characters %$/ 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 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 |
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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