[pstricks] [pst-barcode] How changing font ? And how using with it a certain PostScript font downloaded from the web ?

[Herbert Voss]

Am 11.12.2011 16:39, schrieb Quark67:
> Hello, the default font in the pst-barcode package is Helvetica. How can
> I change the font ?
> Yes, I see the pst-barcode-doc.pdf documentation, at section 2.2, I see
> the option :
>
> font /Helvetica must be a PostScript font

that is a default PostScript font and _always_ present.
You can use all PostScript fonts, like Times-Roman and so on.
This font is only for the optional text which can be
printed, but not for the barcode

> but this say not what PostScript font are available in TexLive...
> Which font can I use in a default TexLive (MacTeX in fact) 2011
> installation ? Can you give examples ?
>
> But most of EAN13 barcodes in real objects use the font "OCR-B". You can
> see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OCR-B but the sample of the font is not
> very correct. For better sample of the font, you can use the LaTeX
> package ocr (but this use bitmap fonts) or download a free PostScript
> (.pfb and .afm files), TrueType (.ttf file) and OpenType (.otf file)
> version of the OCR-B font, made by Matthew Skala from the ocr package,
> at the web page : http://ansuz.sooke.bc.ca/page/fonts#ocrb
> Is there an way to use the PostScript OCR-B font with the pst-barcode
> package ? At

no, why should it? The package draws the lines by itself.

Herbert


> http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/info/Type1fonts/fontinstallationguide/fontinstallationguide.pdf
> I find a guide to use PostScript font with LaTeX. But what must I do for
> use the OCR-B PostScript font with pst-barcode ?