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A license is required for each computer this
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Symbology basics:
Symbology information relating to check digits:
Interleaved 2 of 5 Font Advantage Package Features |
Details of the Interleaved 2 of 5 Font Advantage Package are as follows:
Installation Instructions |
To install the TrueType fonts in Windows, run the INSTALL.EXE program or perform the following for manual installation:
To install the TrueType font on the Classic Macintosh (OS 7.1 - OS 9):
Font installation procedures for other operating systems
Printing and the Character Set Chart |
Interleaved 2 of 5 as a barcode font may be difficult to implement without one of IDAutomation's Font Tools, due to the required pairing of digits into single characters and an optional checksum. If an easier-to-use barcode font is preferred and Interleaved 2 of 5 is not required, consider IDAutomation's Codabar barcode font which does not require the pairing of digits into characters. IDAutomation also provides many barcode components that may be easier to implement in applications and development environments such as Microsoft® Access, Visual Basic, .NET and Java due to their ability to automatically calculate the checksum and format the barcode.
In the event the systems regional setting is not set to "English" or the 1252 Latin-1 code page, these fonts support the following additional code pages in Windows: 1250 European, 1251 Cyrillic, 1253 Greek, 1254 Turkish, 1255 Hebrew and 1256 Arabic. To obtain a font that is compatible with any operating system, code page and locale, purchase or evaluate the Universal Barcode Font Advantage™, which creates Interleaved 2 of 5 and many other barcodes as a single font.
The following character set is provided for developers that wish to understand how numbers are paired into single digits and where ITF symbols are located within the font. The "ITF Code" column lists the character or function that the barcode scanner will read for the associated symbol. The columns ASCII, Char and Unicode are unique to IDAutomation's Interleaved 2of5 fonts. These columns designate the location in either ASCII or Unicode where the barcode symbol for the character resides. The column "Char" lists the character that resides at the ASCII location which may be used to print the corresponding symbol. To manually create a barcode with this chart, use the following process:
ITF Code | ASCII * | Unicode * |
Unicode Char |
ITF Code | ASCII * | Unicode * |
Unicode Char |
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na | 0032 | 0020 | space | 51 | 0084 | 0054 | T | |
00 | 0033 | 0021 | ! | 52 | 0085 | 0055 | U | |
01 | 0034 | 0022 | " | 53 | 0086 | 0056 | V | |
02 | 0035 | 0023 | # | 54 | 0087 | 0057 | W | |
03 | 0036 | 0024 | $ | 55 | 0088 | 0058 | X | |
04 | 0037 | 0025 | % | 56 | 0089 | 0059 | Y | |
05 | 0038 | 0026 | & | 57 | 0090 | 005A | Z | |
06 | 0039 | 0027 | ' | 58 | 0091 | 005B | [ | |
07 | 0040 | 0028 | ( | 59 | 0092 | 005C | \ | |
08 | 0041 | 0029 | ) | 60 | 0093 | 005D | ] | |
09 | 0042 | 002A | * | 61 | 0094 | 005E | ^ | |
10 | 0043 | 002B | + | 62 | 0095 | 005F | _ | |
11 | 0044 | 002C | , | 63 | 0096 | 0060 | ` | |
12 | 0045 | 002D | - | 64 | 0097 | 0061 | a | |
13 | 0046 | 002E | . | 65 | 0098 | 0062 | b | |
14 | 0047 | 002F | / | 66 | 0099 | 0063 | c | |
15 | 0048 | 0030 | 0 | 67 | 0100 | 0064 | d | |
16 | 0049 | 0031 | 1 | 68 | 0101 | 0065 | e | |
17 | 0050 | 0032 | 2 | 69 | 0102 | 0066 | f | |
18 | 0051 | 0033 | 3 | 71 | 0103 | 0067 | g | |
19 | 0052 | 0034 | 4 | 71 | 0104 | 0068 | h | |
20 | 0053 | 0035 | 5 | 72 | 0105 | 0069 | i | |
21 | 0054 | 0036 | 6 | 73 | 0106 | 006A | j | |
22 | 0055 | 0037 | 7 | 74 | 0107 | 006B | k | |
23 | 0056 | 0038 | 8 | 75 | 0108 | 006C | l | |
24 | 0057 | 0039 | 9 | 76 | 0109 | 006D | m | |
25 | 0058 | 003A | : | 77 | 0110 | 006E | n | |
26 | 0059 | 003B | ; | 78 | 0111 | 006F | o | |
27 | 0060 | 003C | < | 79 | 0112 | 0070 | p | |
28 | 0061 | 003D | = | 80 | 0113 | 0071 | q | |
29 | 0062 | 003E | > | 81 | 0114 | 0072 | r | |
30 | 0063 | 003F | ? | 82 | 0115 | 0073 | s | |
31 | 0064 | 0040 | @ | 83 | 0116 | 0074 | t | |
32 | 0065 | 0041 | A | 84 | 0117 | 0075 | u | |
33 | 0066 | 0042 | B | 85 | 0118 | 0076 | v | |
34 | 0067 | 0043 | C | 86 | 0119 | 0077 | w | |
35 | 0068 | 0044 | D | 87 | 0120 | 0078 | x | |
36 | 0069 | 0045 | E | 88 | 0121 | 0079 | y | |
37 | 0070 | 0046 | F | 89 | 0122 | 007A | z | |
38 | 0071 | 0047 | G | 90 | 0123 | 007B | { | |
39 | 0072 | 0048 | H | 91 | 0124 | 007C | | | |
40 | 0073 | 0049 | I | 92 | 0125 | 007D | } | |
41 | 0074 | 004A | J | 93 | 0126 | 007E | ~ | |
42 | 0075 | 004B | K | 94 | 0197 | 00C5 | Å | |
43 | 0076 | 004C | L | 95 | 0198 | 00C6 | Æ | |
44 | 0077 | 004D | M | 96 | 0199 | 00C7 | Ç | |
45 | 0078 | 004E | N | 97 | 0200 | 00C8 | È | |
46 | 0079 | 004F | O | 98 | 0201 | 00C9 | É | |
47 | 0080 | 0050 | P | 99 | 0202 | 00CA | Ê | |
48 | 0081 | 0051 | Q | START | 0203 | 00CB | Ë | |
49 | 0082 | 0052 | R | STOP | 0204 | 00CC | Ì | |
50 | 0083 | 0053 | S |
Font Specifications |
Point Size:
IDAutomation's Interleaved 2 of 5 barcode fonts were created to meet ANSI and CEN requirements when printing with a font size of 12 or greater. The X dimension (X is the width of the narrow bar) of IDAutomation's Interleaved 2 of 5 font is listed below for various point sizes. IDAutomation's Interleaved 2 of 5 fonts are specially designed to produce barcodes that consistently scan when printed at all point sizes with a laser printer that is 600 DPI or greater in resolution. When printing at resolutions of 300 DPI or less, IDAutomation recommends the Universal Barcode Font Advantage™ which can still produce ANSI grade A barcode symbols at low resolutions. IDAutomation's Interleaved 2 of 5 fonts are reliably read with the following hardware and pint sizes:
Point Size |
Approximate X dimension (1 mil = .001") |
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24 | .42 mm | 16 mil |
22 | .38 mm | 15 mil |
20 | .34 mm | 13 mil |
16 | .27 mm | 11 mil |
14 | .25 mm | 10 mil |
12 | .21 mm | 8 mil |
6 | .10 mm | 4 mil |
N Dimension:
The N Dimension (narrow to wide ratio) is 2.75 to 1. To obtain the font that offers other ratios, purchase or evaluate the Universal Barcode Font Advantage™, which has the ability to print more accurately to low resolution printers and supports narrow to wide ratios of 2:1, 2.5:1 and 3:1.
Height and Text Interpretation:
Twelve different versions of the Interleaved 2 of 5 barcode fonts are provided to support human-readable versions and different size requirements. Fonts with the letter "H" in the font name are "human readable" versions. Fonts with the letter "B" in the font name are "bearer bar" versions. The last characters in the name determine the height of the barcode, with the shortest being "XS" and the tallest being "XXL". Because each single font may be printed at various point sizes, there are several height/width combinations that may be produced.
Font name of purchased version | Font name of eval version* | Font height at 12 points* |
Interleaved 2 of 5 Fonts with no text below the barcode: | ||
IDAutomationI25XS | NA | 1/16" (.078") or .2 cm |
IDAutomationI25S | IDAutomationSI25S | 1/8" (.125") or .4 cm |
IDAutomationI25M | NA | 5/16" (.315") or .8 cm |
IDAutomationI25L | IDAutomationSI25L | 1/2" (.5") or 1.2 cm |
IDAutomationI25XL | NA | 11/16" (.689") or 1.8 cm |
IDAutomationI25XXL | IDAutomationSI25XXL | 1 1/4" (1.25") or 3.1 cm |
Interleaved 2 of 5 Fonts with text below the barcode: | ||
IDAutomationHI25XS | NA | 1/16" (.078") or .2 cm |
IDAutomationHI25S | NA | 1/8" (.125") or .4 cm |
IDAutomationHI25M | IDAutomationSHI25M | 5/16" (.315") or .8 cm |
IDAutomationHI25L | NA | 1/2" (.5") or 1.2 cm |
IDAutomationHI25XL | NA | 11/16" (.689") or 1.8 cm |
IDAutomationHI25XXL | NA | 1 1/4" (1.25") or 3.1 cm |
Interleaved 2 of 5 Fonts with bearer bars and no text below the barcode: | ||
IDAutomationBI25XS | NA | 1/16" (.078") or .2 cm |
IDAutomationBI25S | NA | 1/8" (.125") or .4 cm |
IDAutomationBI25M | NA | 5/16" (.315") or .8 cm |
IDAutomationBI25L | IDAutomationSBI25L | 1/2" (.5") or 1.2 cm |
IDAutomationBI25XL | NA | 11/16" (.689") or 1.8 cm |
IDAutomationBI25XXL | NA | 1 1/4" (1.25") or 3.1 cm |
Interleaved 2 of 5 Fonts with bearer bars and text below the barcode: | ||
IDAutomationBHI25XS | NA | 1/16" (.078") or .2 cm |
IDAutomationBHI25S | NA | 1/8" (.125") or .4 cm |
IDAutomationBHI25M | IDAutomationSBHI25M | 5/16" (.315") or .8 cm |
IDAutomationBHI25L | NA | 1/2" (.5") or 1.2 cm |
IDAutomationBHI25XL | NA | 11/16" (.689") or 1.8 cm |
IDAutomationBHI25XXL | NA | 1 1/4" (1.25") or 3.1 cm |
* Measurements are approximate and measured
when printed at 12 points which should work for most scanners. Measurements
for Human Readable fonts do not include the text below. At 12 points, the X
dimension is about 8 mils.
To print at a different height, find the font that has the height closest
to what is needed and use this formula to find the appropriate point size: |
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