Inkscape is a very useful free programme from source forge (an open source website for the most part).
It creates the actual readable barcode from those provided to FootSteps from the allocation authority here in the UK, Nielsen’s. The barcodes are given as .svg files which are vector images so you can make them bigger or smaller with no loss of definition or data. We have also used this for friends who take barcodes from us in the artistic community. When you are dealing over a 100 barcodes being able to simple create one and embed it into the book with ease saves time and worry. Once input into Nielsen they are scannable by any bookshop and will appear with the price fixed at publication.
Just a shout-out here for a very good free piece of software. I hope open source is the future.
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