Valid barcode text characters

This table identifies the characters that you can use in barcode text.

Barcode

Valid Characters

Aztec

AUS Post Custom2

AUS Post Custom3

AUS Post Reply Paid

AUS Post Standard

Code 2 of 5 Industrial

Code 2 of 5 Standard

Code 3 of 9 - 3

Code 2 of 5 Interleaved

Code 2 of 5 Matrix

EAN13

EAN8

MSI

UPC-A

UPC-E

UPC-EAN2

UPC-EAN5

US Postal Zip-5

US Postal DPBC

US Postal Standard

UPS Maxicode

0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

Codabar

0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

- $ : / . +

Code 11

0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

-

Code 128SSCC

Code 128

Code 128A

Code 128B

Code 128C

0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

! # & ' < > `

$ % ( ) * + , - . / : ; ? @ # = [ ] \ ^ _ { } | ~ SPACE

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z

Code 3 of 9

0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

- . $ / + % * SPACE

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

Code 49

0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

< > - . $ / + % : ; ? =

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

Code 93

0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

& ' - . $ ( ) / + % , SPACE

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

Logmars

0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

- . $ / + % SPACE

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

RSS 14

RSS 14 Stacked

RSS 14 Stacked Omni

RSS 14 Truncated

RSS Expanded

RSS Limited

0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

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No restrictions

Plessey

0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

A B C D E F

UK Post RM4SCC

0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

Japanese Postal

0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

-

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

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