Code 11, also known as USD-8, is designed for telcom industry. Code11 encodes numeric data and hyphen. Start and stop characters are mapped to asterisk.
At least one check digit is required. When string length is longer than 10, two check digits are required. This is because printing device imperfection easily leads to decoding error.
When you use Barcodesoft Code 11 font to print bar code, checksum calculation utility is provided in multiple programming languages.
There are 14 fonts contained in the package as listed below, marked by different trailing indicators. They are available in both true type and PostScript formats.
| Aspect Ratio |
With Human Readable |
Without Human Readable |
| XXS |
Code11XXSHr |
Code11XXS |
| XS |
Code11XSHr |
Code11XS |
| S |
Code11SHr |
Code11S |
| M |
Code11MHr |
Code11M |
| L |
Code11LHr |
Code11L |
| XL |
Code11XLHr |
Code11XL |
| XXL |
Code11XXLHr |
Code11XXL |