Bar codes in InD CS

[senjinpojskic]

Hi everyone
I have request to enter bar codes for number of articles in certain catalogue. Since I use InD CS on Win XP Pro SP2, can you please tell me if these can be generated using InD (and how to do it) or I need to turn to Corel.
Thanx in advance

senja

 

[Eggles]

>>please tell me if these can be generated using InD (and how to do it) or I need to turn to Corel.<<

Bar codes are fonts, and if you install them they can be used just like any other font. Lots of free ones available:

http://www.barcodingfonts.com/

http://www.barcode-1.net/pub/russadam/fonts.html

http://www.idautomation.com/fonts/free/

http://www.barcodesinc.com/free-barcode-font/

 

[senjinpojskic]

OK
Thank you
I hope these fonts will cover different standards throughout the market.


senja

 

[dwhitmyre]

Your first thought about going to Corel is a good one. CorelDraw does bar codes very well. I use it for that all of the time. It is very flexible. You can save the resulting barcodes as eps files, or whatever works for you and then place them in ID.

 

[Ekwoman]

There are a few good plugins for creating bar codes right in InDesign: Cacidi Systems has one called Extreme BarCodes and there's one from Teacup Software (can't remember the name). They do everything from store codes to ISBNs, etc. Just do a Google search or look on Adobe's plug in site.

 

[senjinpojskic]

All right, I will search for these, thank you Ekwoman.

senja

 

[Ekwoman]

You're welcome, senjinpojskic! I'm not sure if they're on Adobe's site...there are two sites I use (in the US, not sure where you are): indesign.pluginworlds.com and thepowerxchange.com. Good luck!

 

[senjinpojskic]

OK
I downloaded demo version of Cacidi Extreme BarCode from own web site and installed it and it works fine. It will do all standards and is so simple to use, great.
And I almost forgot, Happy hollidays from Bosnia.

senja