Many Barcode users require a taller font for easier scanning. I have extended the basic iCollect.it font to cater for this. This is not a work of art, but a practical real-world font, to help users with their personal barcoding (without the expense of a commercial font). iCollect.it is a barcode (and text) version of the "Code 39 Barcode Specification" which can be read by most modern barcode scanners. I added lowercase characters for more readable labels even though they scan as uppercase. *Notes: Use an underscore instead of a space (as space characters are always blank). Place an asterisk before and after your string for it to be recognised. Additionally bracket pairs can be used for more stylish ends for labels etc: () [] <> Happy Scanning! As of Dec 2022, iCollect.it is a registered trademark of iCollect.it Ltd (UK)
This is a clone of iCollect.it®️With Kerning support added to fontstruct, no more horizontal bars are needed. I shall update the tutorial illustration as well.
BARcode to macro for calc. GPL, Free.
Macro for generating barcodes in a spreadsheet.
Code128:
https://forum.openoffice.org/pl/forum/viewtopic.php?f=28&t=1330
Code 2of5 interleaved:
https://forum.openoffice.org/pl/forum/viewtopic.php?f=28&t=1333
EAN, UPC, addon barcode:
https://forum.openoffice.org/pl/forum/viewtopic.php?f=28&t=1343
Code39, 3of9:
https://forum.openoffice.org/pl/forum/viewtopic.php?f=28&t=1347
Code11 generator:
https://forum.openoffice.org/pl/forum/viewtopic.php?f=28&t=1413
This is a true barcode font, it actually works with most (if not all) readers (mobile and handheld scanners).
All characters are included. Use * as start/stop character.
Please leave a comment, how you used the font. It would be interesting to see whether there is demand.
Trivia: Although it is correct that 3 of the 9 stripes are wide, the name of the symbology is not called Code 3 of 9. In the original design 39 characters were possible to encode.