Barcode 128 doesn't render properly on different computer.

graphicore / librebarcode

Libre Barcode: barcode fonts for various barcode standards.

https://graphicore.github.io/librebarcode

SIL Open Font License 1.1

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Barcode 128 doesn't render properly on different computer. #47

Closed unimpededglare closed 2 years ago

unimpededglare commented 2 years ago

Hello!

I'm attempting to get a print shop to do a project for me but they can't seem to get the code 128 font to render correctly on their system.

On my computer, the following encoded text renders a perfect barcode:

ÌGCÇu8qK1È50Î

However, on their computer, this is what shows up:

Any ideas what is happening?

unimpededglare commented 2 years ago

I think we figured this one out. Print shop was using Adobe InDesign to do a data merge of multiple barcodes, but the source file was UTF-8. InDesign apparently does not like UTF-8 for non-English characters. I found several posts across the web with the same problem.