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For any business that utilizes bar code labels in some form, knowing which size of bar code font to use on the labels is important. Much like typeset fonts, bar code fonts vary in size and style and are created for many different uses depending on the type of business that seeks to use them. Some bar code fonts, such as the UPC and ISBN, are designed specifically for retail and books, respectively. Other bar codes fonts can be used for non-profit and healthcare use. Elfring Fonts and IDAutomation are bar code font software companies that can help a business target which bar code font is the best one to use. The primary purpose of having bar code software is to render a specific bar code printable by using the proper point size. Any computer printer can print out bar code labels, but the desired effect is not always possible using just a word processor to create the bar code. Once a bar code is printed out on a series of labels, it is readable with a bar code scanner. Following are the different bar code fonts offered by Elfring Fonts and IDAutomation:
Code 128 is ideal bar code font for companies that may use both ASCII characters and alpha-numeric characters on bar code labels. Since Code 128 supports all ASCII characters, making bar code labels for shipping or merchandise purposes is easy. There are six aspect ratios for Code 128 bar code fonts.
The Code 39 bar code font is commonly seen on library book bar code labels, but is also used for any bar code that does not require a checksum. Also used by the healthcare industry, Code 39 bar codes can be made small enough for use on specimen and test tubes for tracking purposes. Elfring Fonts allows the user to change the size of this bar code font so that it can fit on a specified label size.
(Image, right - used with permission from Elfring Fonts)
UPC bar codes can be found practically everywhere in stores in the United States, and is the standard bar code font for retail products. Unlike other types of bar codes, a UPC bar code must be assigned by the Uniform Code Council (GS1) in order to distinguish one product on the market from another. No two different products will ever have the same UPC bar code. But once you have been assinged a UPC number, these bar codes can be easily printed using bar code software.
EAN (European Article Numbering) 8/13 bar code fonts are used in Europe much the same way the UPC bar codes are used in the United States. EAN 8/13 Elfring Fonts software can also convert an ISBN code into a Bookland bar code for library use.
The 2/5 Interleaved bar code font consists of a high density numeric bar code which means that only pairs of numbers can be encoded. This is a basic bar code for anyone who wants to use a numbers-only bar code for identification purposes. 2/5 Interleaved bar code fonts look similar to the Code 128 bar codes and are used in shipping.
Elfring Fonts has been in business since 1979 and is located in St. Charles, Illinois. The company provides bar code solutions to global companies. IDAutomation provides both bar code software and hardware to companies since 1996 and is located in Tampa, Florida.
http://www.idautomation.com/fonts/
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