Hi Nancy,

Thank you for the advice. I will download the code 39 font, as suggested by you and others.

Dave

>As others have noted, Code 39 (a.k.a. 3 of 9) is a good choice of symbology for your application. (Ref: http://shop.store.yahoo.com/imteclabels/whichbarcode.html) A free one that uses the asterisk method mentioned is available thru the following link: http://www.infohio.org/downloads/fonts/.
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>Note that not all barcode fonts are free, of acceptible quality, and 3of9 isn't appropriate for all applications.