"MikeD" <nob***@nowhere.edu> wrote in message
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>
> "Joe O" <jp3BlessNoSpam@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> > Hi all,
> >
> > Anyone know of website/URL where I can download free true type (barcode)
> > font and or tutorial on how to
> > use them in VB6 app and or make them show in my windows font list. I
will
> > appreciate any help.
>
>
> Well once you get the font, using it would be the same as any other font.
As
> far as making it show in a font list, it's needs installed (basically just
> copy it to the Fonts folder). Once you do that, it's available in any app
> (that lets you choose fonts).
>
> About a year ago I worked at a place that used a barcode font. Can't
> remember where they got it from, but I know it was commercial (fonts are
> basically treated as software) and they paid several hundred dollars for
it.
> I don't know if there are free barcode fonts or not.
>
> Try here:
>
> http://www.free-fonts.com/
>
> I just did a search from that site on "barcode" and got a few hits. Looks
> like there's a few free ones. I guess my previous employer was pretty
stupid
> (actually, there's no "guessing" about it).
>
> --
> Mike
> Microsoft MVP Visual Basic
>
>
>

"Joe O" <jp3BlessNoSpam@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> Hi all,
>
> Anyone know of website/URL where I can download free true type (barcode)
> font and or tutorial on how to
> use them in VB6 app and or make them show in my windows font list. I will
> appreciate any help.
>
> Thank in advance
>
>

>
> Rick
>
>

"Harold Wright" <harold.wri***@dodgeit.com> wrote in message
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> Download this free 3 of 9 true type font here:
> http://www.tucows.com/get/225364_95710
> Just unzip it and copy the TTF file to the font directory in Windows XP.
> Note: 3 of 9 codes start and stop with an asterisk so ass these to the
> beginning and end of your code.
>
>
>
>
>
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>> I've written VB code (purely for test pusposes) to draw UPC
>> (Universal Product Code) barcodes in this "matched to the
>> output device resolution" way, and I've posted it before (can't
>> remember whether it was on this newsgroup or on clbvm).
>
>Perhaps this one...
>
>http://groups.google.com/group/microsoft.public.vb.general.discussion/browse_frm/thread/d9576f645b0eb2d3/4ace588fb1eb8868?lnk=st&q=%22mike+williams%22+upc&rnum=3#4ace588fb1eb8868
>
>Rick
>

"Thomas Lutz" <t**@taltech.com> wrote in message
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> There are plenty of places where you can download free bar code fonts
> including www.barcode-1.com
> You get what you pay for however and bar code fonts are not only
> difficult to work with, they also produce very poor quality bar codes
> that can print differently on different printers.
> If you want something that is extremely easy to use as well as
> guaranteed to produce extremely high quality bar codes no matter what
> printer you print to then you would be better off using a bar code
> ActiveX control that creates bar codes as Windows Metafile images.
> The best on on the market is available from TAL Technologies and you
> can download a demo from the following web page:
> http://www.taltech.com/products/activex_barcodes.html
> The demo contains a sample VB6 program that shows how to use it in a
> VB program.
>
>
> On Sat, 22 Oct 2005 11:42:06 -0400, "Rick Rothstein [MVP - Visual
> Basic]" <rickNOSPAMnews@NOSPAMcomcast.net> wrote:
>
> >> I've written VB code (purely for test pusposes) to draw UPC
> >> (Universal Product Code) barcodes in this "matched to the
> >> output device resolution" way, and I've posted it before (can't
> >> remember whether it was on this newsgroup or on clbvm).
> >
> >Perhaps this one...
> >
>
>http://groups.google.com/group/microsoft.public.vb.general.discussion/brows

> >
> >Rick
> >
>