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Interleaved 2 of 5 Bar Code Font Advantage Package

  • Interleaved 2-of-5 / ITF barcode FontsTrueType, OpenType, PCL and PostScript font versions are included.
  • Over 30 font tools, macros and plug-ins are provided.
  • Contains 24 different ITF font versions in six different font formats.
  • Supplied with normal and human-readable versions.
  • Includes fonts with and without bearer bars.
  • Complies with ANSI, AIM USS ITF and European (CEN) standards.
  • May also be used to create Identcode and Leitcode barcodes.
  • Compatible with Windows®, Pocket PC, Macintosh, Unix, Linux and others.
  • Includes examples for OpenOffice, Microsoft® Word, Excel, Access and Crystal Reports.

Implementing barcode solutions with IDAutomation fonts provides a high level of scalability with operating system, application and printer independence. Learn more about the quality of IDAutomation fonts

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 Interleaved 2 of 5 Font Advantage Package Features

Details of the Interleaved 2 of 5 Font Advantage Package are as follows:

 Interleaved 2 of 5 Symbology Information

Symbology Basics:

  • Interleaved 2 of 5 (ITF) is a numeric-only barcode used for encoding pairs of numbers in a high-density barcode format. Interleaved 2 of 5 barcodes always contain an even number of digits because a single Interleaved 2 of 5 barcode character represents two numbers to achieve high density. If a number containing an odd number of digits needs to be encoded, a leading zero must be appended to produce an even number of digits.
  • The symbology of the Interleaved 2 of 5 character set consists of bar code symbols representing characters 00 to 99 and start-stop characters. The complete printed barcode consists of a leading quiet zone, a start pattern, Interleaved 2 of 5 symbols representing data, a stop pattern and a trailing quiet zone. According to ANSI specifications, the quiet zones must be 10 times the width of the short bar in the barcode.
  • Interleaved 2 of 5 was designed for character self-checking, eliminating the requirement for checksum characters. However, checksum characters maximize data integrity and are required by some specifications.
  • To learn more, please refer to the Interleaved 2 of 5 Symbology FAQ.

Symbology Information Relating to Check Digits:

  • When Interleaved 2 of 5 is used for ITF-14, EAN-14, SSC-14 and DUN14 bar-codes, a MOD 10 check digit is usually required. The MOD 10 may be either calculated by IDAutomation's font automation tools or manually. Manual calculation is obtained by adding up the odd numbers, multiplying them by 3, adding up the even numbers, and determining the number that when added to the sum will produce a multiple of 10. For example, the check digit for 123456789 is 5 because (3*(1+3+5+7+9))+(2+4+6+8) = 95 and 95 + 5 =100. When calculating check digits, the data to encode should be an odd number of digits because the check digit is interleaved with the last digit. IDAutomation recommends using the Online Font Encoder to test the results of manual calculations.
  • The Interleaved 2 of 5 barcode may also be used as for German Post Identcode and Leitcode symbols. Identcode and Leitcode require a unique checksum to be calculated. The calculation is similar to USS Interleaved 2 of 5 MOD 10 except that even numbers are multiplied by 9 and odd numbers by 4. For example, the check digit for 12345678901 would be "6" because (4*(1+3+5+7+9+1))+(9*(2+4+6+8+0)=284 and 284 + 6 = 290.

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Interleaved 2 of 5 Font Package
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 Interleaved 2 of 5 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:

Point Size

Approximate X dimension (1 mil = .001")

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
10 .16 mm 6 mil
6 .10 mm 4 mil

N Dimension:

The N Dimension (narrow to wide ratio) of this font is fixed at 2.75 to 1. To obtain a 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 (12) 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 when printed at 12 points. 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:
12 * (height desired) / (height at 12 points) = (point size converted to integer)
For example, if using IDAutomationI25L and the font should be .75" tall, print it at 18 points:
12 * .75 / .5 = 18

 Printing with Interleaved 2 of 5 Fonts

Printing Interleaved 2 of 5 as a barcode font may be difficult 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, Crystal Reports, Visual Basic .NET and Java due to their ability to automatically calculate the checksum and format the bar-code.

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 2of 5 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:

  1. Include the START character: Ë
  2. Include the data characters from the char columns that represent 2 numbers from the ITF code column. For example, the number of 772233 is represented in characters n7B
  3. Include the STOP character: Ì
  4. Combine the resulting text string with the barcode font: Ën7BÌ
ITF Code ASCII * Unicode * Unicode
Char		   ITF Code ASCII * Unicode * Unicode
Char
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 Names Used Prior to July, 2003

In the older version of the fonts, the last character in the barcode font name determines the height of the barcode, with the shortest being "a" and the tallest being "f".

Font Name of Purchased Version Eval Version Height at 12 Points
Fonts with no text below the barcode:
AdvI25a NA  1/16" (.078") or .2 cm
AdvI25b SAdvI25b  1/8" (.125") or .4 cm
AdvI25c NA  5/16" (.315") or .8 cm
AdvI25d SAdvI25d  1/2" (.5") or 1.2 cm
AdvI25e NA  11/16" (.689") or 1.8 cm
AdvI25f SAdvI25f  1 1/4" (1.25") or 3.1 cm
Fonts with text below the barcode:
I25HRa NA  1/16" (.078") or .2 cm
I25HRb NA  1/8" (.125") or .4 cm
I25HRc SI25HRc  5/16" (.315") or .8 cm
I25HRd NA  1/2" (.5") or 1.2 cm
I25HRe NA  11/16" (.689") or 1.8 cm
I25HRf NA  1 1/4" (1.25") or 3.1 cm

 

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