CTAN update: pst-barcode
Date: December 14, 2025 1:31:39 PM CET
Herbert Voß submitted an update to the
pst-barcode
package.
Version: 0.20
License: lppl
Summary description: Print barcodes using PostScript
Announcement text:
----- pst-barcode 0.20 2025-12-13 - updated documentation - Common text rendering code was factored out of the linear and matrix renderers into its own resource. - The ITF-14 encoder's text positioning was fixed. - The Code 128 encoder's raw mode was fixed. - The linear and matrix renderers were enhanced to accept top and bottom for the textyalign option. - The linear and matrix renderers were enhanced with a textdirection option. - The linear and matrix renderer were enhanced with support for extratextsubspace, extratextsplit and extratextlinegaps options corresponding to the alttext equivalents. - The linear and matrix renderers were enhanced with alttextsubspace that allows given characters to be substituted for spaces. - The linear and matrix renderers were enhanced with alttextsplit and alttextlinegaps options that may be used to render multi-line blocks of text. - The GS1 AI linter was realigned with the latest release of the GS1 Syntax Dictionary. - The encoder for EAN-8 was changed to forbid the use of a two-digit or five-digit addon unless a permitaddon option is supplied. - The high-level encoder for MaxiCode was replaced with a new algorithm that may result in significantly shorter messages. - The encoder for Aztec Code was fixed so that punctuation compression works correctly after a binary sequence. - The GS1 AI linter now reports the mandatory association specification that is not being met. - The baseline of EAN/UPC add-ons is now correctly aligned with the guard bars in the primary symbol. - Support for HRI text was added to the GS1 Digital Link variant symbologies. - Support for extra text was added to the renlinear and renmatrix renderers. - The encoder for QR Code was amended to opportunistically raise the error correction level when better fit to the matrix possible.
This package is located at https://mirrors.ctan.org/graphics/pstricks/contrib/pst-barcode More information is at https://ctan.org/pkg/pst-barcode
Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Manfred Lotz CTAN is run entirely by volunteers and supported by TeX user groups. Please join a user group or donate to one, see https://ctan.org/lugs .
----- pst-barcode 0.20 2025-12-13 - updated documentation - Common text rendering code was factored out of the linear and matrix renderers into its own resource. - The ITF-14 encoder's text positioning was fixed. - The Code 128 encoder's raw mode was fixed. - The linear and matrix renderers were enhanced to accept top and bottom for the textyalign option. - The linear and matrix renderers were enhanced with a textdirection option. - The linear and matrix renderer were enhanced with support for extratextsubspace, extratextsplit and extratextlinegaps options corresponding to the alttext equivalents. - The linear and matrix renderers were enhanced with alttextsubspace that allows given characters to be substituted for spaces. - The linear and matrix renderers were enhanced with alttextsplit and alttextlinegaps options that may be used to render multi-line blocks of text. - The GS1 AI linter was realigned with the latest release of the GS1 Syntax Dictionary. - The encoder for EAN-8 was changed to forbid the use of a two-digit or five-digit addon unless a permitaddon option is supplied. - The high-level encoder for MaxiCode was replaced with a new algorithm that may result in significantly shorter messages. - The encoder for Aztec Code was fixed so that punctuation compression works correctly after a binary sequence. - The GS1 AI linter now reports the mandatory association specification that is not being met. - The baseline of EAN/UPC add-ons is now correctly aligned with the guard bars in the primary symbol. - Support for HRI text was added to the GS1 Digital Link variant symbologies. - Support for extra text was added to the renlinear and renmatrix renderers. - The encoder for QR Code was amended to opportunistically raise the error correction level when better fit to the matrix possible.
This package is located at https://mirrors.ctan.org/graphics/pstricks/contrib/pst-barcode More information is at https://ctan.org/pkg/pst-barcode
Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Manfred Lotz CTAN is run entirely by volunteers and supported by TeX user groups. Please join a user group or donate to one, see https://ctan.org/lugs .
pst-barcode – Print barcodes using PostScript
The pst-barcode package allows printing of barcodes, in a huge variety of formats, including quick-response (qr) codes (see documentation for details).
As a PSTricks package, the package requires pstricks. The package uses PostScript for calculating the bars. For PDF output use a multi-pass mechanism such as pst-pdf.
| Package | pst-barcode |
| Version | 0.20 |
| Maintainer | Terry Burton Herbert Voß |