[scribus] Transparency in barcode

[John Culleton]

On Monday 12 July 2010 12:33:47 Gregory Pittman wrote:
> On 07/12/2010 12:21 PM, John Culleton wrote:
> > On Monday 12 July 2010 07:25:17 Leander Sukov wrote:
> >> Am Montag 12 Juli 2010 schrieb Gotthard:
> >>> I need an barcode and used the barcodegenerator. 
How
> >
> > can I make the
> >
> >>> background of the barcode transparent, because the
> >
> > background of my
> >
> >>> project   is coloured.
> >>
> >> This might be a bad idea. If an old barcode reader is 
used,
> >
> > it might occure
> >
> >> that the background color makes the barcode 
unreadable.
> >
> > Further, I cannot recall a professionally prepared book 
that
> > had a colored or patterned background for a bar code. 
In this
> > case convention overrules your personal esthetic
> > preferences. Just because it can be done doesn't mean 
that
> > it is a good idea.
>
> In the end, though, I think that there should be some 
leeway in this
> process. As I go through the supermarket checkout I 
notice that many
> barcodes can be in various colors, so there clearly is 
some degree of
> contrast which scanners can cope with.
>
> I also can imagine that a background for a barcode might 
be desired to
> be semi-transparent in some degree.
>
> Greg
>
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I am not dealing with the issue of ultimate readability, 
though that exists, but with publishing convention. A lot of 
cute tricks will brand your book as an amateur effort and I 
suspect this is one of them. 
-- 
John Culleton
Wexford Press
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