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How to Encode & Scan UTF-8 Unicode Characters

idautomation — Fri, 15 May 2020 19:57:48 +0000

How to Encode & Scan UTF-8 Unicode Characters UTF-8 is method of accessing Unicode characters such as Arabic, Greek, Thai, Korean, or Ukrainian characters for example. These characters cannot usually be encoded directly in 2D barcodes such as QR Code unless a conversion to byte process is performed. Refer to the UTF-8 Unicode Encoding FAQ…
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BeOS – Installing TrueType Barcode Fonts

idautomation — Fri, 12 Oct 2018 16:45:08 +0000

BeOS includes a TrueType font rendering component that displays TrueType Barcode Fonts in any size. The standard set of TrueType fonts included with the BeOS is stored in /boot/beos/etc/fonts/ttfonts. These are the default system fonts, and should not be changed. Additional TrueType fonts can either be purchased or downloaded in Windows format and added to…
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Extra White Space with right aligned Fonts

idautomation — Fri, 12 Oct 2018 16:42:19 +0000

Some symbologies require a “quiet area” separating the final bar of the barcode and the next symbol, character, or image encountered. This “quiet area” is necessary to allow the scanner to process the barcode without interference from adjacent objects. To ensure that IDAutomation fonts meet the requirements of certain symbologies, this “quiet area” is built…
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Fonts do not display all chars in Netscape

idautomation — Fri, 12 Oct 2018 15:45:10 +0000

Problem: Barcode Fonts do not display all characters in Netscape Navigator Browser. Solution(s): This issue has recently been resolved when using the Netscape Navigator Browser to display HTML pages with local barcode fonts. The barcodes would display correctly in the other browsers, but not in Netscape Navigator. To correct the problem, change the character encoding…
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Need fonts in OpenType or TrueDoc format?

idautomation — Thu, 11 Oct 2018 20:40:14 +0000

Internet font formats such as OpenType or TrueDoc (.EOT and .PFR) are not supplied in font packages prior to July 2003, but the fonts may be created by the customer. After converting the fonts to OpenType or TrueDoc, the creating programmer must place the fonts in a unique URL which is the only place the…
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Fonts Print Properly but Appear Distorted

idautomation — Thu, 11 Oct 2018 19:45:40 +0000

At certain point sizes, some fonts may seem distorted on the screen because screen resolutions are low. Fonts are represented by the dots of the output device, whether it is screen pixels or the dots of a laser printer. IDAutomation fonts are created to be printed on high-resolution ink-jet and laser printers 300 DPI or…
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Installing Postscript Type1 Barcode fonts for AbiWord on Linux RedHat

idautomation — Thu, 11 Oct 2018 19:21:31 +0000

Windows and Mac systems have one central directory where all applications access their fonts. Unfortunately in Linux and Unix, every application implements fonts in its own way. Solution(s): Installing Postscript Type1 Barcode fonts forAbiWord on Linux RedHat 9 Copy the Postscript Type1 files (*.pfm,*.afm, *.pfa, *.pfb) to the fonts directory of AbiWord. The default directory…
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Font not listed in the font pull down menu

idautomation — Thu, 11 Oct 2018 18:37:40 +0000

How to disable listing font names in their font, which allows barcode fonts to be selected. Solution(s): If the font name is not viewable in the font selection list of an application after installation, check the application settings. Most applications permit the disabling of the feature that lists font names in their font selection list.…
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Barcode fonts do not work with SAP or C++

idautomation — Thu, 11 Oct 2018 18:09:52 +0000

IDAutomation fonts that are dated July 2003 and later solve many incompatibility problems with SAP and C++. Download the current version of any IDAutomation product with an active Support & Upgrade Subscription. Some issues may still exist in the environment when loading fonts in SAP. IDAutomation’s knowledge base article Error in SAP: table missing: PCLT;…
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CreatePointFont function to dynamically create barcodes within a C++ application?

idautomation — Thu, 11 Oct 2018 14:48:53 +0000

Can the CreatePointFont function be used to dynamically create instances of fonts within a C++ application? Yes it can. The following is an example of using the CreatePointFont function. Ensure that the variables are scoped properly to avoid any problems with the fonts being sized correctly through each pass of this routine. /***************************************************************/ private void…
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