Creating and Using Barcodes with Free Software & Inkscape
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Barcodes provide a simple, reliable, machine-readable way to read numbers or addresses into your computer (or smartphone or tablet) so that information can be looked up online or in a database. There are a number of different standards for barcodes, and the most-commonly used ones are quite easy to use and create with simple free software applications,
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Making Your Barcode in Inkscape: Producing the barcode itself is trivial in Inkscape -- the leading Free/Open Source Software vector drawing application -- ever since the extension became part of the standard distribution, with version 0.46. The current version supports several kinds of barcodes, including the UPC and EAN types. Simply open Inkscape on a document in which you want to include a barcode (perhaps it's part of a cover design, or you might have loaded a label template, such as the ones provided by World Label). Find and select the "Extensions" drop-down menu, select "Render" and "Barcod
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