Code 128
Available font variants:
- Libre Barcode 128 is without text below.
- Libre Barcode 128 Text has text below.
To use these fonts you have to use an encoder like the one below. It is an optimizing encoder, that means, it produces the shortest barcode that can encode the input. For this the encoder, if necessary or shorter, switches between the three available Code Sets (list from Wikipedia):
- 128A Code Set A – ASCII characters 00 to 95 (0–9, A–Z and control codes), special characters, and FNC 1–4
- 128B Code Set B – ASCII characters 32 to 127 (0–9, A–Z, a–z), special characters, and FNC 1–4
- 128C Code Set C – 00–99 (encodes two digits with a single code point) and FNC1
The other task of the encoder is to calculate the checksum symbol, that must be included before the stop symbol.
See the Wikipedia Code 128 page for more detailed info.
Code 128 Encoder
If it can be encoded with Code 128 you will see a scannable barcode, rendered with the Libre Barcode 128 Text font.