I've worked with bar codes in print design and assest inventory. What you need are barcode fonts for the OS your book is being designed/layed out on.
First try googling "barcode fonts". http://tinyurl.com/ak9p6 and you can try "barcode" http://tinyurl.com/8kl9c also try "barcode fonts ISBN" http://tinyurl.com/dhv9w There are free barcode fonts available online, Then ask your publisher or printer what they REQUIRE. What type of info is being incoded into your barcode? Each barcode standard is different. They should have specs. -Brian > Hi everyone, > > We're putting the finishing touches on the book I'm editing about the > telecentre movement before it goes to the graphic designer; if all goes > well we'll have it for distribution at WSIS in November. One thing we're > trying to figure out, though, is where to get our hands on bar code > software. We're going to have to put bar codes on the back of the book > so the ISBN number can be scanned automatically by distributors. This is > the first time we've been asked to put a bar code on the back of a book, > so we don't have software to do this. Is anyone aware of an open source > bar code publisher, or any other suggestions on how we can go about > doing this? > > thanks, > andy > > -- > ----------------------------------- > Andy Carvin > Program Director > EDC Center for Media & Community > acarvin @ edc . org > http://www.digitaldivide.net > http://katrina05.blogspot.com > Blog: http://www.andycarvin.com > ----------------------------------- > > _______________________________________________ > DIGITALDIVIDE mailing list > DIGITALDIVIDE@mailman.edc.org > http://mailman.edc.org/mailman/listinfo/digitaldivide > To unsubscribe, send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message. > _______________________________________________ DIGITALDIVIDE mailing list DIGITALDIVIDE@mailman.edc.org http://mailman.edc.org/mailman/listinfo/digitaldivide To unsubscribe, send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message.
