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POSTNET Barcode Font Advantage Package
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Easily print postal barcodes as a font
Over 15 font tools, macros and plug-ins are provided
Contains several different font versions in 6 different font formats.
Includes examples for Microsoft® Word, Excel, Access and Crystal Reports
Compatible with Microsoft® Windows®, Pocket PC, Macintosh, UNIX, Linux and others
Includes all POSTNET, PLANET, USPS Code 128, USPS Interleaved 2 of 5, FIM and OCR-A fonts used by the USPS
TrueType, OpenType, PCL laserjet soft fonts and PostScript font versions are included
Our POSTNET Font Advantage Package is much more than just a few fonts. This package contains several different font versions in 6 different font formats. You also receive font tools, macros and source code to help you integrate the fonts into your applications. Details of the package are as follows:
Font Tools Provided - for easy integration into applications, we provide several font tools that are free to use with our fonts. Our font tools automatically format the start, stop and check characters to the barcode font. The following tools are available:
Active Reports font library
Check digit calculation application with Visual Basic 6 and FoxPro source code
IDAutomation Formulas for Crystal Reports to allow distribution of a crystal report without the UFL
Crystal Reports User Function Library (UFL)
DLLs for Windows®
FileMaker Plug-ins
FoxPro Program Module
LotusScript Functions for Lotus Notes, Domino and Approach
Microsoft® Office Macros for Word, Excel and Access with VBA
Microsoft® Reporting Services
Oracle Reports Libraries and PLL
Source Code in Visual Basic, C++, FoxPro, PowerBuilder and JAVA
C .NET Class Library
VB .NET Module
Star Office Add-in
Click Here for a complete list from our font tools website
Multiple Postnet Fonts Provided - the POSTNET (POSTal Numeric Encoding Technique) barcode is a special barcode developed by the US Post Office to encode zip code information. POSTNET bar codes on US mail improves the speed, accuracy and delivery of mail. Some US Post Offices also offer a discount for sending bulk mail when you use the Postnet barcode font. Multiple versions of this font are provided in this advantage package to support printers that print darker or lighter than normal. The Postnet font should be used with our Postnet() function in our Font Tools
FIM bar code fonts - the FIM bar code font is included and is used to sort business reply mail from other mail. For more information on the FIM bar code fonts, visit the FIM Barcode Font information page.
Planet Fonts Included - the PLANET is a new bar code used to track mail. Visit the PLANET Font Site for PLANET information. The Planet font should be used with our Postnet() function in our Font Tools
OCR-A Font Included - the IDAutomationOCRa font should be printed at 9 points for OCR-A size 1 which is 10 CPI. OCR-A size 1 is required for USPS scanners to automatically read the address when the barcode is unavailable or not readable.
USPS Special Services Fonts Included for EAN128 - when printed at 20 points, the IDAutomationC128L font will produce the exact dimensions for UCC/EAN Code 128 required by the USPS special services, which is a height of .75 and an X dimension of .013. For information about formatting USPS EAN-128 barcodes with our products, refer to the USPS portion of the Code 128 FAQ. Our MS Office Macros and Crystal Reports UFL also include the USPS_EAN128 function for easier creation of USPS Special Services bar codes.
USPS Special Services Fonts Included for EAN-14 and SSC-14 - Our Interleaved 2 of 5 font can be used for USPS mail special services, EAN-14 and SSC-14 barcode applications, when printed at 20 points. Our Interleaved2of5Mod10() function
in our MS Office Macros and Font Tools can be used to encode the MOD 10 check digit required for these specifications. EAN14 and SSC14 are primarily used for distribution applications and serialized carton tracking.
Canada Post Support - when printed at 25 points, the IDAutomationC128L font will produce the dimensions required by the CANADA POST, which is a height of 1 and an X dimension of .017.
Multiple Formats Provided - when you purchase a license for this font, you will receive all versions in a single ZIP file. The manual is supplied in a file named readme in the ZIP file. The following fonts are included:
TrueType fonts are supplied in PC and Macintosh format. The TrueType TTF fonts are compatible with Macintosh OS X and all versions of Microsoft® Windows®, including Pocket PC. Macintosh formatted MTT TrueType fonts are compatible with Macintosh System 7.1 and above.
OpenType OTF fonts with PostScript outlines are provided. These are compatible with Windows®, Macintosh OS X and other systems supporting the OpenType format.
PostScript Type 1 fonts are supplied in binary, ASCII and Macintosh Classic MacBinary versions.
Also included in this package are PCL, laserjet soft fonts.
With the purchase of a Developer License and 1 year of support and upgrade protection, we can convert fonts from this package to PCL 4, Xerox Metacode, XES, FNT, BDF, FON and AFP. More about this is provided here. The Developer License also grants you the right to convert our fonts to other formats as necessary including TrueDoc and OpenType.
You may also get more information on what font types are provided.
For the most up to date installation procedures for other operating systems, please visit our Technical Support Site.
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