On 07/12/2010 12:21 PM, John Culleton wrote: > On Monday 12 July 2010 07:25:17 Leander Sukov wrote: >> Am Montag 12 Juli 2010 schrieb Gotthard: >>> I need an barcode and used the barcodegenerator. How > can I make the >>> background of the barcode transparent, because the > background of my >>> project is coloured. >> >> This might be a bad idea. If an old barcode reader is used, > it might occure >> that the background color makes the barcode unreadable. > > Further, I cannot recall a professionally prepared book that > had a colored or patterned background for a bar code. In this > case convention overrules your personal esthetic > preferences. Just because it can be done doesn't mean that > it is a good idea.
In the end, though, I think that there should be some leeway in this process. As I go through the supermarket checkout I notice that many barcodes can be in various colors, so there clearly is some degree of contrast which scanners can cope with. I also can imagine that a background for a barcode might be desired to be semi-transparent in some degree. Greg
