No Human Readable Text on Bitmap Exports

No Human Readable Text on Bitmap Exports

TBarCode/X has no built-in support for rendering fonts for bitmap exports. This would require an additional font rendering library. This applies only to bitmaps, our vector formats (EPS, SVG, PCL...) support human readable text. See also our data sheet.

You can use the following workarounds or alternative products:

TBarCode/X

Export in EPS format and convert the file to a bitmap format (BMP, PNG, JPG...) with ImageMagick convert or Ghostscript gs (open source tools). You can also export in SVG format and use convert.

TBarCode Library: You can create the entire output with the Custom Drawing API. You receive separate callbacks for the bars and the text, each with the coordinates of where to draw. The font output and bitmap export must be realized via a separate library (own code).

TFORMer

Employ our TFORMer Labelling SDK on Linux, offering robust font rendering support for barcodes across various output formats (BMP, PNG, JPG, TIF, PDF, etc.). This comprehensive solution includes a command line tool and a developer library. While templates are designed using TFORMer Designer on Windows, the SDK enables users to generate a wide range of output formats on Linux.