(The above sample is a POSTNET barcode encoding a ZIP+4 digit number)

POSTNET Font Advantage Package Features

• Font Tools Provided -- to help users integrate barcode fonts into their applications, IDAutomation provides font tools that are free to use with their barcode fonts that include MS Office Macros for Word, Excel and Access with VBA, FileMaker Pro Plug-ins, Oracle Reports Libraries, Visual Basic, C++, PowerBuilder, FoxPro and JAVA Source Code, LotusScript, DLLs, Crystal Reports. User Function Libraries (UFLs) and a check digit calculation application with Visual Basic and FoxPro source code as a free download for programmers and technical users. The POSTNET Font plug-ins, macros, UFLs and code provided automatically format the start, stop and check characters to the barcode font. Our MS Office Macros for Word, Excel and Access also include special functions for the creation of USPS Special Services bar codes. These functions automatically add in the required application identifier as well as calculate the MOD 10 check digit and the symbology check digit.
• Multiple Postnet Fonts Provided -- the POSTNET (POSTal Numeric Encoding Technique) barcode is a special barcode developed by the US Post Office to encode zip code information. POSTNET barcodes on US mail improves the speed, accuracy and delivery of mail. Some US Post Offices also discounts for sending bulk mail when you use the Postnet barcode font. Multiple versions of this font are provided in this advantage package to support printers that print darker or lighter than normal. The Postnet font should be used with our Postnet() function in our Font Tools
• FIM bar code fonts -- the FIM bar code font is included and is used to sort business reply mail from other mail.
• Planet Fonts Included -- the PLANET is a new bar code used to track mail. Visit the PLANET Font Site for PLANET information. The Planet font should be used with our Postnet() function in our Font Tools
• OCR-A Font Included -- the OCR-A font should be printed at 9 points for OCR-A size 1 which is 10 CPI. OCR-A size 1 is required for USPS scanners to automatically read the address when the barcode is unavailable or not readable.
• USPS Special Services Support -- when printed at 20 points, the Interleaved 2 of 5 and Code 128 fonts will produce the exact dimensions required by the USPS special services, which is a height of .75" and an X dimension of .0135".
• Canada Post Support -- when printed at 25 points, the AdvC128d font will produce the dimensions required by the CANADA POST, which is a height of 1" and an X dimension of .017".
• Multiple Formats Provided -- when you purchase a license for this font, you will receive all versions in a single ZIP file. The manual is supplied in a file named "readme" in the ZIP file.
  • The Windows TrueType fonts supplied, are compatible with all versions of Microsoft indows greater than version 3.1 and all versions of Macintosh OS greater than 10.1 (OS X).
  • Macintosh Classic TrueType fonts are supplied in MacBinary format and are compatible ith System 7.1 to the latest version of System 9 OS.
  • PostScript Type 1 fonts are supplied in binary, ASCII and Macintosh Classic MacBinary versions.
  • Also included in the POSTNET Barcode Font package are PCL, BDF and FON fonts.
  • With the purchase of a Developer License, you may convert our fonts to TrueDoc, OpenType, AFP and other formats.

POSTNET Font Formatting and Placement

• IDAutomaiton recommends you use our Font Tools to automatically perform the required check character calculations on POSTNET, PLANET, Code 128 and Interleaved 2 of 5 barcode fonts and ensure the printed barcode will scan properly.
• Although the POSTNET and PLANET barcode fonts are scaleable, you should use the font size of 12 when printing them. FIM symbols should be printed with a font size of 36 as in the example at the bottom of the page. Interleaved 2 of 5 and Code 128 fonts should be printed at 20 points for USPS Special Services.
• POSTNET barcodes can be printed as a 5 digit POSTNET bar code, ZIP+4 POSTNET bar code or a Delivery Point Bar Code which is also referred to as DPBC. If you are in doubt on which method you should use, contact your local post office.
• The 5 digit POSTNET barcode consists of the start/stop character, 5 digit ZIP code data, check digit and the start/stop character.
• The ZIP+4 POSTNET bar code consists of the start/stop character, 9 digit ZIP code data, check digit and the start/stop character.
• The DPBC POSTNET barcode consists of the start/stop character, 9 digit ZIP code data, two DPBC numbers, check digit and the start/stop character. The two DPBC numbers are usually the last two digits of the street address, PO Box or route number. If you are planning on using DPBC. (see chapter 5)
• The POSTNET barcodes must be printed on specific areas of mail, usually directly below the address. For more information on formatting and placement of POSTNET bar codes or FIM symbol placement, refer to Chapter 5 of the USPS document Domestic Mail Manual and USPS Publication 25 or contact your local post office Automation Specialist for assistance.
• Before sending your POSTNET printed barcodes to the Post Office, you should find a method of doing a test scan on the barcode or verify it with a POSTNET Barcode Verifier.

Manual check character for POSTNET fonts

• The start/stop character must be used at the beginning and ending of every POSTNET barcode. For best performance, the parentheses are used for start and stop characters; "(" for start and ")" for stop. Start and stop codes are combined for the "!, *, s, or S" characters.
• The last digit of the printed POSTNET barcode symbol is a check digit. The check digit is obtained by determining the number that when added to the sum of all numbers of the data in the POSTNET code will produce a multiple of 10. For example; the check digit for the POSTNET number of 33727-1426 is 5 because (3+3+7+2+7+1+4+2+6=35 and 35+5=40) Therefore, the sum of all POSTNET data including the check digit must be a multiple of 10. The actual font characters used to print this POSTNET code would be (3372714265).

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