[NTG-context] Can ConTeXt make dynamic barcoded forms?

Martin Schröder martin at oneiros.de
Tue Oct 10 23:08:22 CEST 2006


2006/10/10, Henning Hraban Ramm <hraban at fiee.net>:
> I can think of 3 possibilities for a static barcodes module:
> - draw the bars with MetaPost
> - use psTricks/pdfTricks
> - call GNU barcode externally
> - use barcode fonts (makes no sense...)
> That would be interesting for price tags, ISBN or the like.

GNU barcode works reasonably well. You have to trim the produced ps a
bit, but that's easy.

Best
   Martin


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