How Can I Create a vCard Barcode?

vCard is a special file format, which can be used to store personal data in a bar code (e.g. into QR Code®). Note that vCard is not a bar code type, it denotes only the data structure. A detailed description of the vCard format can be found on Wikipedia - vCard Specification.

Just bring your data into the given format and you'll be able to read the barcode with your mobile phone and recognize the data as contact information.

Create vCard Barcodes with Barcode Studio

In our vCard Video Tutorial we show you how to create vCard bar codes the easy way.

Special Characters (Umlauts)

For special characters you need to set the code page to UTF-8 and use vCard format 3.0 (vCard 2.1 also supports special characters, but not all apps evaluate this older format correctly).

Here is a sample vCard string:

BEGIN:VCARD
VERSION:3.0
N:Mustermann;Erika;;Dr.;
FN:Dr. Erika Mustermann
ORG:Wikimedia
ROLE:Kommunikation
TITLE:Redaktion  & Gestaltung
PHOTO;JPEG:http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Erika_Mustermann_2010.jpg
TEL;WORK;VOICE:(0221) 9999123
TEL;HOME;VOICE:(0221) 1234567
ADR;HOME:;;Heidestrasse 17;Koeln;;51147;Deutschland
EMAIL;PREF;INTERNET:erika@mustermann.de
REV:20140301T221110Z
END:VCARD