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NOTE: You must include the exclamation character (!) or the asterisk (*) as the start and stop of each barcode for the barcode to scan properly. This sample package of Code 39 bar code fonts should only be used for testing and evaluation purposes because it does not contain the letters P-Z, the numbers 6-9 and some fonts are missing the "-" character. In addition, only the "C" height fonts are provided for the Extended Code 39 fonts. After you order the Code 39 Font Advantage Package license, you will receive our fully functional Code 39 barcode font set with rights to use the macros, tools and source code in your application. ORDER NOW
Our Code 39 Font Advantage Package allows you to print Code 39 (also known as USS Code 39, Code 3 of 9 or LOGMARS) barcodes from MS Windows, Macintosh, UNIX and a variety of other operating systems; TrueType, BDF, FON, PCL laserjet soft fonts, PostScript (type 1) Binary and ASCII versions are provided. Our Code 39 Font Advantage Package is more than just a few fonts. With the retail version of this package, you receive 24 different Code 39 font versions in 6 different font formats in addition to 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.
Code 39 Symbology Information |
Code 39 Font Advantage Package Features |
Code 39 Specifications |
The X dimension (X is the width of the narrow bar) of our Code 39 font is listed below for various point sizes. The narrow to wide ratio is 3:1 which is recommended by international standards.
Our Code 39 fonts have been specially designed to be able to produce dependable and scannable barcodes when printed at small point sizes. With a 600 DPI laser, the Code 39 font can be printed as small as 6 points if the scanner supports it. Printed with an HP Laserjet at 600 DPI, we have been able to dependably scan our Code 39 font printed at 6 points with the Intermec CCD scanner we sell for $219 at our IDAutomation.com Site. Excluding the start and stop characters, you can achieve slightly more than 16 CPI print density when printing at 6 points.
Point Size |
Approximate X dimension |
Approximate Character Width | ||
24 | .42 mm | .016" | 6.72 mm | .265" |
16 | .28 mm | .011" | 4.48 mm | .177" |
12 | .21 mm | .008" | 3.36 mm | .130" |
8 | .14 mm | .006" | 2.24 mm | .090" |
6 | .105 mm | .004" | 1.68 mm | .066" |
Wide to Narrow Ratio: | 3:1 |
For the most up to date installation procedures please visit our Support and FAQ site at http://www.bizfonts.com/fontfaq.htm
To install the TrueType font in Windows:
To install the TrueType font on the Macintosh:
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$M! prints the barcode that scans 12, then a tab, 34 and then a return. Refer to the Full ASCII Chart for other codes. For these extended characters to scan properly, you must first program your scanner to accept them.
The IDAutomation.com, Inc. Extended Code 39 font character set is listed below. We have created this font for the convenience of our users that have a need to print some of the extended characters as they are on the keyboard. The start stop character for this font is the asterisk. This implementation as a font is not compatible with our font automation tools and it does have some other limitations. For example, to print a space, you must print the "~" character. Since the asterisk is still the start/stop character, you must print "/J" if you want to scan an actual asterisk. The characters %$/ and + cannot be scanned from this font either because they are control characters. To create a scanable "%" 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 ASCII 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 Code39 ASCII Code39 ASCII Code39 ASCII Code39 NU %U SP = @ %V ` %W SH $A ! /A A A a +A SX $B " /B B B b +B EX $C # /C C C c +C ET $D $ /D D D d +D EQ $E % /E E E e +E AK $F & /F F F f +F BL $G ' /G G G g +G BS $H ( /H H H h +H HT $I ) /I I I i +I LF $J * /J J J j +J VT $K + /K K K k +K FF $L , /L L L l +L CR $M - /M M M m +M SO $N . /N N N n +N SI $O / /O O O o +O DL $P 0 0 P P p +P D1 $Q 1 1 Q Q q +Q D2 $R 2 2 R R r +R D3 $S 3 3 S S s +S D4 $T 4 4 T T t +T NK $U 5 5 U U u +U SY $V 6 6 V V v +V EB $W 7 7 W W w +W CN $X 8 8 X X x +X EM $Y 9 9 Y Y y +Y SB $Z : /Z Z Z z +Z ESC %A ; %F [ %K { %P FS %B < %G \ %L | %Q GS %C = %H ] %M } %R RS %D > %I ^ %N ~ %S US %E ? %J _ %O DEL %T
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