Barcodes are those dull looking lump of lines with a row of numbers. It is actually for the computer database that contains all the informations on that item. If it is a book, the library will use it to retrieve records of the book. If it is other items, places like a supermarket will retrieve the price info for the item. Now some people intend to change how the squarish looking barcode to something creative. As shown, most of the barcodes still include the numbers at the bottom, in cases like the scanner unable to read the barcode, the human operator will input the numbers into the computer which will translate into the barcode. From the website, the first design is a mess. While it looks interesting, the numbers are jumble. If creativity should happen, the first design should be out. Feel free to design but do not make it complicated to the human eye. You never know when a scanner decide to play tantrum and stop reading a barcode that you have to manually input but the barcode is messy looking.
http://finance.yahoo.com/family-home/article/112992/barcodes-as-art-wsj
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