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# Code 39 Font Advantage Package Eval

[NOTE: This package may only be used according to the License Agreement]

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, USS Code 39 or Code 3 of 9 is an easy to print barcode used for various barcoding 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. It is also one of the barcode types that can be used as the postal routing barcode, signature confirmation or delivery confirmation by the US post office.
- LOGMARS (Logistics Applications of Automated Marking and Reading Symbols) is an application of Code 39 used by the United States Department of Defense that recommends a check character. LOGMARS is defined by Military Standard MIL-STD-1189B. The variety of fonts provided with the Code 39 font package and our Code39Mod43() function in our font automation tools allows for implementation of this standard. In addition, you must verify that your printed Code 39 symbol meets the standard required for the project before production with LOGMARS.

Code 39 Font Advantage Package Features

Our Code 39 Font Advantage Package is much more than just a few fonts. With this package you receive 10 different fonts in 6 different font formats. You also receive the the font tools, macros and source code to help you integrate the fonts into your application. Details of the Font Advantage Package are as follows:

- Easy to Use - our Code 39 fonts are easy to use in graphical applications and can be entered directly from the keyboard. All barcodes require a start and stop character and these can also be entered from the keyboard. For example, to create a barcode that encodes the data "1234ABCD" with the Code 39 Font, you: (1) select the font from the list of fonts in your application; (2) type the start character, in this case it is "!"; (3) type the data, in this case it is "1234ABCD"; (4) type the stop character, in this case it is "!"; and then change the font back to the default font of your document. To determine which Code 39 barcode font to use, first print out the AdvHC39b barcode font at 12 points and other font sizes to determine which size is the smallest that will work with your scanning equipment. Then, choose the tallest version that will fit in your scanning area. Please review the specifications to create barcodes from dimensions you are aware of.
- Multiple Versions Provided - 24 versions of the Code 39 barcode fonts are provided to support human readable versions and different height requirements. Fonts with the letter H in the name are "human readable" versions. Fonts beginning with Ext are Extended Code 39 Fonts. The last character in the Code 39 barcode font name determines the height of the barcode with the shortest being AdvC39a and the tallest being AdvC39f. Because each single font can be printed at various point sizes, there are several combinations of heights and widths that can be produced.
- Tools Provided - if you need to calculate checksum characters for Code 39 (such as for LOGMARS), we provide the Code39Mod43() function in our font automation tools. These tools consist of MS Office Macros for Word, Excel and Access, Visual Basic, ANSI C and JAVA Source Code, ActiveX DLLs for development platforms that support ActiveX / COM technology, Crystal Reports User Function Libraries (UFLs) and a check digit calculation application as a free download for programmers and technical users. The DLLs, macros, UFLs and code provided automatically format the start, stop and check characters to the barcode font.
- MS Office Compatibility - the exclamation character or the asterisk in the Code39 barcode font is used as a start and stop character and therefore should not be part of the data in the bar code. For example, If you want to print the data "CODE39" in the Code 39 barcode font you would print !CODE39!. The asterisk "*" is commonly used as the start / stop character with Code 39, but this can cause problems because some applications such as MS Word will treat any text surrounded with asterisks as bold text. If you need to print using an Access 2000 report, you would enter =("!"&[FieldNameWithValue]&"!") in the control source field. If you need to print using clarion, the format is loc:barcode='!'&left(clip(KAT:ID_NUMBER))&'!' .
- Space Character Support - it is also important to note that when the Code39 barcode font is selected the space character will not produce a barcode but a space. To print the barcode symbol representing a space you will need to type or print "=" (the equal character) instead of a space character or use our Font Automation Tools to perform automatic conversion.
- Industry Standard Support - the Code 39 fonts were developed according to ANSI and European EN 800 standards. The symbology of the Code 39 character set consists of bar code symbols representing characters 0-9, A-Z, the space character and the following symbols: - , . , $ , / , + , %. The start & stop symbol is obtained by choosing either "*" or "!".
- Flexibility - you may also use the parentheses () instead of “!” or “*” as the start and stop code to eliminate the “*” from appearing in the human readable version of the fonts. The Code 39 barcode fonts should be printed at the correct font size to suit your application and scanning equipment. We have been able to obtain dependable scans in our lab when printing the Code 39 barcodes between 6 and 32 points with a 600 DPI laser printer.
- Advanced Font Design - our advanced Code 39 fonts have been specially designed to be able to produce dependable and scannable barcodes when printed at very small point sizes as well as normal and large sizes. Printed with a HP Laserjet at 600 DPI, we have been able to dependably scan our Code 39 font printed at 6 points with the CCD scanner we sell.
- Extended Character Support - it is possible to print extended characters from Code 39 to encode tabs, returns or lower case letters. For more information on this, view our extended code 39 page. If you need to print the full 128 character ASCII character set in the barcode, consider using our Code 128 fonts with character set B. Printing the full 128 character ASCII character set with Code 39 is complicated and not very efficient.
- Multiple Formats Provided - when you purchase a license for this font, you will receive all versions in a single ZIP file. The manual is supplied in a file named "1readme.htm" in the ZIP file. The following fonts are included:
  - TrueType fonts are supplied in PC and Macintosh format. The PC TrueType fonts are compatible with all versions of Microsoft Windows including Windows 3.1, 95, 98, ME, NT and Windows 2000. The Macintosh TrueType fonts are compatible with System 7.1 and above.
  - PostScript Type 1 fonts are supplied in binary, ASCII and Macintosh versions.
  - Also included in this package are PCL, BDF and FON bitmap fonts in 10, 12, 16 and 24 points.
  - With the purchase of a Corporate Distribution license you may convert our fonts to TrueDoc, OpenType, AFP and other formats.
  - You may also get more information of what font types are provided.
  - For the most up to date installation procedures for Macintosh, UNIX and other operating systems please visit our Technical Support Site.

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 |  |

## Installation Instructions and Support:

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:

- Click on Start, Select settings and click on Control Panel.
- Click on Fonts, Click on File in your main tool bar, Select Install New Font.
- Select the folder where you placed the Code 39 barcode font.
- The Code 39 barcode font will appear and look like this: AdvHC39b (true type) - select this font and Click on OK.
- Click Start and choose to shut down and restart your computer.
- The font should be active when you restart your computer.
- To create the correct output for the Code 39 barcode font you will need to type in the corresponding letter.

To install the TrueType font on the Macintosh:

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.

## Encoding the Full ACSII Character Set in Code 39

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 Font

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 Extended Code 39 Font Character Set

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 |  |  |  |  |  |  |

## The 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	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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