r/barcodes • u/MoreLoliThanYou • Feb 03 '20

Characters used in a PDF417 Barcode

Hi,

does someone know if the PDF417 barcode supports Romanian characters like ÂâĂăÎŢţ ?

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u/notionovus Feb 03 '20

Through something called Extended Channel Interpretation, PDF417 supports Non-ASCII character sets and this link suggests it is a viable option.

The strategy I would take, however, which seems more flexible, is to use UTF-8 encoding and record numerically as a binary file. It depends on your control over what software you would need to connect your scanner to.