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IDautomation MSI/Plessey Font Pack

Our MSI Plessey Font Advantage Package can be used on any computer system...



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  • Last update:Mar 27, 2006
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  • License:Shareware
  • Publisher:IDAutomation.com, Inc.
  • System Requirements Windows 98/ ME/ 2000/ XP

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IDautomation MSI/Plessey Font Pack

  • Easily print MSI Plessey bar codes as a font
  • Contains 8 different MSI font versions in 6 font formats
  • Compatible with Microsoft?Windows? Pocket PC, Macintosh, UNIX, Linux and others
  • TrueType, OpenType, PCL laserjet soft fonts and PostScript font versions are included
  • Font tools, macros & plug-ins are provided for easy integration into your application
  • Custom BDF, FON, AFP, Xerox Metacode, XES and FNT fonts can also be created with the Developer's License and one year of support.


  • MSI / Plessey Barcode Symbology Information:
  • The MSI Plessey barcode was designed in the 1970s by the Plessey Company in England and has been used primarily in libraries and retail applications. 
  • The symbology of the MSI Plessey character set consists of bar code symbols representing the numbers 0-9, the start character and the stop character. In the MSI Plessey font, the parentheses are used for start and stop characters. 
  • Printing the MSI Plessey barcode requires the calculation of a check digit which makes it a difficult font to use for non-programmers or users that do not implement our font automation tools. If you are not a programmer and you need an easy to use numeric barcode, consider our Codabar Barcode Font which does not require checksums to be calculated. If your application supports ActiveX in Windows, we also sell easy to use "drag and drop"Linear ActiveX Controls that support MSI Plessey as well as other barcode types and they automatically calculate the checksum.


  • MSI Plessey Barcode Font Advantage Package Features:
  • Tools Provided - to help users integrate barcode fonts into their applications, we provide font automation tools with our fonts that include MS Office Macros for Word, Excel and Access, Visual Basic, FoxPro, ANSI C and JAVA Source Code, ActiveX DLLs for development platforms that support Microsoft's ActiveX / COM technology, Crystal Reports User Function Libraries (UFLs) and a check digit calculation application with Visual Basic source code as a free download for programmers and technical users. The DLLs, macros, UFLs and code provided automatically format the start, stop and check characters to the barcode font.
  • Versions Provided - The MSI Plessey barcode fonts are scaleable and should be printed at the correct font size to suit your application and scanning equipment. The MSI font is designed to be printed from 6 to 18 points. Four (4) versions of the MSI Plessey barcode fonts are provided to support different width and height requirements. Fonts beginning with IDAutomationHMSI are "human readable" versions. The last characters in the MSI Plessey barcode font name determines the height of the barcode with the shortest being IDAutomationMSIXS and the tallest being IDAutomationMSIL. To determine which MSI Plessey barcode font to use, first print out the IDAutomationMSIXS barcode font at various font sizes to determine which size is the smallest that will work with your scanning equipment. Then, choose the tallest version that will fit in your scanning area.
  • 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 following fonts are included:
    • TrueType fonts are supplied in PC and Macintosh format. The TrueType TTF fonts are compatible with Macintosh OS X and all versions of Microsoft Windows, including Pocket PC. Macintosh formatted MTT TrueType fonts are compatible with Macintosh System 7.1 and above.
    • OpenType OTF fonts with PostScript outlines are provided. These are compatible with Windows, Macintosh OS X and other systems supporting the OpenType format.
    • PostScript Type 1 fonts are supplied in binary, ASCII and Macintosh Classic MacBinary versions.
    • Also included in this package are PCL laserjet soft fonts in 5, 7.4, 9.8, 12.2 and 17 points.
    • With the purchase of a Developer License and a 1 year subscription of the Priority Support and Upgrade, we can convert fonts from this package to PCL 4, Xerox Metacode, XES, FNT, BDF, FON and AFP. More about this is provided here. The Developer License also grants you the right to convert our fonts to other formats as necessary including TrueDoc and OpenType.
    • You may also get more information on what font types are provided.
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