
QR Code, Data Matrix, PDF417, MaxiCode, Aztec Code UPC-A, UPC-E, EAN 13, EAN 8, Industrial 2 of 5, Interleaved 2 of 5, Codebar, Code 11, MSI Code, GS1 Databar (Omnidirectional, Stacked Omnidirectional, Truncated, Stacked, Limited) Full ASCII - includes any ASCII character ( value 0-127)īy supported character sets, 1D and 2D barcodes can be categorized into four different groups, as the table below shows (Patch Codes do not contain any encoded data): Character Set.GS1 AI encodable character set 82 - includes numbers (0-9), alphabetic characters (A-Z), and special characters ( refer to page 471 of the standard).Alpha-numeric - includes numbers and alphabetic characters (0-9 and A-Z).There are generally four different types of character sets:

With a clear idea about what type of information you are going to encode, the barcode selection will be much easier. This is also known as the barcode character set.

One main factor for choosing a barcode is based on what type of information you need to encode into it. Also, the 2D barcodes are relatively new barcode types and need support from more complex scanning devices. More often than not they support a bigger character set than 1D barcodes. In general, 2D barcodes can represent more data per unit area than 1D barcodes. They encode data generally in square or rectangular patterns of two dimensions.
