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Symbol Dimensions

Terry Burton edited this page Feb 6, 2015 · 8 revisions

height

Height of longest bar, in inches.

Example

A 1/2 inch tall EAN-13:

0 0 moveto (977147396801) (includetext height=0.5)
/ean13 /uk.co.terryburton.bwipp findresource exec

width

Stretch the symbol to precisely this width, in inches.

Notes

  • This parameter literally stretches the symbol and text to the desired width which will may distort the human readable text.
  • For information about resizing symbols read the article on resizing symbols.

Example

A 2 inch wide Code 93 symbol:

0 0 moveto (TERRY) (width=2)
/code93 /uk.co.terryburton.bwipp findresource exec

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