dLSoft README.TXT file for Barcode fonts for Windows
Version 4.0

BARCODES WILL NOT SCAN UNLESS YOU FOLLOW 
THE INSTRUCTIONS.

Testware versions use fonts of varying heights and
may not scan correctly with every type of barcode
scanner. 

This Setup copies the barcode fonts to a fonts subdirectory of 
your chosen installation directory but does NOT install all of
the barcode fonts. Only the "Regular" TrueType fonts are installed; if
you need the "wide" or "narrow" fonts, or prefer the OpenType versions
this must be done through the Windows Control Panel as described below.

It is recommended that you should read the dFont HELP 
system for general information about the dLSoft barcode 
fonts and for the specific font type you wish to use 
before attempting to use the fonts.


Other features installed

The Setup/Install program installs the dFont application 
and its associated help files, and the source code which 
may be used to extract the algorithms for inserting into 
other applications to automate the process of check digit 
calculation. If the dFont program will not run on your 
computer it is probably because the MS Basic 6 run-time 
library is not installed.

The full version of dFont Helper (including the VB runtime)
my be downloaded from www.dlsoft.com.

Note that the source code for the dFont application is
provided in Visual Basic 6 code. If you do not 
have Visual Basic 6, the code may be examined using any text
editor. The code is in the file DFONT.FRM.

Setup also installs the dFont 32 bit DLL, UFL and Active-X 
component together with a number of examples which demonstrate 
the use of these within Access, Excel, Word, VB6, Crystal Reports,
Delphi and Visual Foxpro. All of the examples reproduce the 
barcode using Arial font. To see the barcode you need to 
set the font to the barcode font required. To adapt the Visual
FoxPro sample to the barcode type you require see the README
file in the VFP6 subdirectory.

The Access, Excel and Word samples are placed in subdirectories
of those names within the installation directory, and include 
samples for MS Office version 2000, 2003 and 2007 as indicated 
by the filenames.
Instructions for copying the Office macros and in-cell Excel code 
to other documents/spreadsheets are provided in the dFonts HELP file.

A .NET component is placed in the dotNET subdirectory of the
installation directory, along with a sample VB.NET program 
(test1.exe). The Microsoft .NET Framework 1.1 is required to use
the component or to run the sample program. Setup does NOT 
install the .NET Framework.

The Crystal Reports UFL is located in the crystal subdirectory 
of the installation directory and must be installed manually 
following the instructions in the manual or the CRREADME.TXT file.


Installing additional fonts

Note: If you are installing the additional retail fonts after 
using the TestWare fonts you must delete the TestWare fonts first.

To install additional barcode fonts proceed as follows:

Open the Windows Control Panel, double click on the Fonts icon; 
the fonts applet will be displayed.

From the Fonts window menu bar choose "Install New Font". 
The Add fonts dialog appears. Use the Drives and directory 
list boxes to select the fonts directory containing 
your fonts. Ensure that the "Copy Fonts to Fonts folder" 
check box is checked.

Select the fonts you wish to install from the list 
presented, and then push the OK button.

Your fonts are now ready for use. The fonts directory 
used to hold the expanded fonts may be deleted when you are 
satisfied that you have installed the correct weight fonts 
for your system.



Font filenames

dLSoft barcode font files may be identified by the filename as follows:

DaXnS__.EXT

a.n - identifies the barcode type (eg. a.3 = the Code 39 A font - see below)
X - identifies the font weight
	W=wide (font bars are nominal thickness)
	R=regular (approx 10% reduction - suitable for most lasers/inkjets)
	N=narrow (may be required for wet-ink printing or some
		older lasers with low resolution)
	T=thin (special thin version included for some barcode types - see below)
S - identifies font aspect ratio, which for convenience uses standard
	font-style names
	N=Normal (normal aspect ratio)
	B=Bold (barcode 25% wider than normal)
	I=Italic (barcode 25% narrower than normal)

Note than EAN/UPC does not have Italic (because its not supposed
to be reproduced narrower than the standard specifies), and
clocked barcodes (RM4SCC and PostNet) only have normal fonts.

.EXT identifies the font type
TTF is TrueType and PFn are PostScript families.
OTF is OpenType

Some Barcode Fonts for Windows are now supplied with an
extra thin version of the font (font name ends in T for
thin). This is intended for the unfortunate few whose
printers are incapable of printing thin lines without
increasing the line thickness dramatically. This problem
seems to effect some older 300 dpi PostScipt printers
running with the Microsoft PS driver originally supplied
with Windows 95.
The T fonts are reduced in thickness by approximately 
50% of the element size. On quality printers these
fonts will produce a barcode which may not be scannable.
T fonts are not provided for the Extra-wide fonts.

Font		Filename			Extra-wide
		Bars only	Bars and text	(Bars only)

Code 128	DAx2		DBx2		DCx2
Code 39		DCx3		DAx3		DEx3
Extended 39	DXx3		DYx3		DZx3
Code 93		DCx9		DAx9
Codabar		DCxC		DAxC
EAN/UPC		DCxE		DAxE 
EAN/UPC (half height)	DDxE		DExE 
I-2/5		DCxI		DAxI
MSI		DCxM		DAxM
PostNet		DCxP
RM4SCC		DCxR
4-State		DCx4
Telepen		DCxT		DAxT

DDx2 is a special half-width version of Code 128 designed for
certain SSCC container codes.

Users should note that the space character (ASCII 32) is not used 
for a space in many Windows applications, which use microspacing 
of text instead. For this reason dLSoft barcode fonts reproduce 
the space character at ASCII 159 and 160.

If intended for use in a retail point of sale environment, the
EAN/UPC font should be used at 72 point.

TrueType fonts are encoded in the Windows 95 characters set.
PostScript fonts are encoded in the Adobe Standard character set.

Multi-user licence version of dLSoft fonts are licenced for 
embedding (eg. on web pages or PDF documents).


The OCX control and VB installation packages

The DFONTOCX.OCX control has the following dependencies:
DFONT32.DLL
MSVCRT.DLL

The AutoSize property of the Active X control should be set 
to FALSE in systems where the control source is bound to a 
field (such as in MS Access); in such systems the output is 
drawn in a metafile, and where several control images are 
created all are resized to the size of the last one created. 
This may result in some barcodes being clipped. 

If you are creating a VB 6 installation package please note that your 
installation package must install these two DLLs BEFORE it installs 
and tries to register DFONTOCX.COX
The VB 6 installer is designed to install Visual Basic controls and 
does not find dependencies of non-VB controls - you have to 
tell it the dependencies.


DL Technology
December 2007

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Fax: (+44) (0) 870 803 2312
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