The Aztec font

The Aztec font system includes TrueType and PostScript fonts for creating Aztec barcodes by printing characters to generate bars and spaces. Aztec barcodes are made up of bars and spaces that may be 1 or more units wide. The dLSoft Aztec fonts uses the ASCII characters 0 (zero) - z to represent 64 combinations of 6 bars and spaces as shown in the font table at the end of this document, where a 1 is a bar and a 0 is a space. The individual characters are made up of six square in a pattern 3 high by 2 wide, with each square representing a bit of a 6 bit binary value.

The dLSoft Aztec fonts are provided in different weights, to allow for ink spread during wet ink printing and the line broadening found in several printers designed for use with personal computers.

 

Font name	weight
AZTW	full size
AZTR	5% width and height reduction
AZTN	10% width and height reduction

 

Users should determine which font weight is suitable for their printer by testing each font weight. It should be noted that if gaps between the font squares are clearly visible then the barcode will not scan correctly.

 

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The AZTDF DLL