there's a command-line tool called zint that "speaks" dozen of bar-code syntaxes:
http://sourceforge.net/p/zint/wiki/Home/ A barcode encoding library supporting over 50 symbologies including Code 128, Data Matrix, USPS OneCode, EAN-128, UPC/EAN, ITF, QR Code, Code 16k, PDF417, MicroPDF417, LOGMARS, Maxicode, GS1 DataBar, Aztec, Composite Symbols and more. On Wed, May 14, 2014 at 12:40 PM, Gregory Pittman <gpittman at iglou.com>wrote: > I think it's worth pointing out that there is more than one way to skin > a barcode. > > The main thing that the barcode generator offers is convenience. It's > not the only way, and in some ways not the best method for generating > codes. > > Barcodes follow a set of rules that typically involve the following: > > 1. Thin line elements > 2. Thick line elements > 3. Thin space elements > 4. Thick space elements > 5. Starting and stopping codes, to show where a barcode begins, and > where it ends > 6. Checksum elements > 7. Some restrictions on which characters can be coded > > Once you are able to get access to the rules of a particular code, it is > not difficult (I wouldn't call it trivial) to create such codes within > Scribus. > > For example, the wiki contains some work I have done in regard to Code39: > > http://wiki.scribus.net/canvas/Generating_a_Code39_Barcode > > http://wiki.scribus.net/canvas/A_Standard_Form_with_Barcodes_and_Custom_Entries > > The latter page shows how to incorporate barcode generation as a > function (makebars) in a larger script. > > Mathematicians and coders talk about elegance in some formula or code. > The elegance in these scripts, I think, is that they are native Scribus > generators of barcodes, using lines and spaces of precise width and > numerically spaced on the page. The length of the lines is also user > definable, as is the font used when you wish to show the code in > numerical format. > > Greg > > ___ > Scribus Mailing List: scribus at lists.scribus.net > Edit your options or unsubscribe: > http://lists.scribus.net/mailman/listinfo/scribus > See also: > http://wiki.scribus.net > http://forums.scribus.net > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.scribus.net/pipermail/scribus/attachments/20140514/dbac790b/attachment.html>
