PDF417 codes

A page of PDF417 codes, drawn as stacked bars.

JSON write_pdf417.json 79 lines

This one is not a program. It is the request the document server is sent: the same page, asked for over the network by an application that writes no PDF code at all.

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{
  "metadata": {
    "title": "PDF417 codes, drawn as stacked bars"
  },
  "items": [
    {
      "type": "text",
      "rect": {"llx": 72, "lly": 794, "urx": 523.276, "ury": 813.2},
      "content": [
        "PDF417 codes, drawn as stacked bars"
      ],
      "font": "DejaVuSans",
      "font_size": 16
    },
    {
      "type": "text",
      "rect": {"llx": 72, "lly": 770, "urx": 523.276, "ury": 782.6},
      "content": [
        "A PDF417 code is rows of bars stacked one over another, and it holds a whole"
      ],
      "font": "DejaVuSans",
      "font_size": 10.5
    },
    {
      "type": "text",
      "rect": {"llx": 72, "lly": 755, "urx": 523.276, "ury": 767.6},
      "content": [
        "form rather than a number. Under each one is what a scanner reads back."
      ],
      "font": "DejaVuSans",
      "font_size": 10.5
    },
    {
      "type": "pdf417",
      "content": "https://example.test/track/FR-1964413",
      "columns": 4,
      "level": 2,
      "rect": {"llx": 72, "lly": 651, "urx": 283.5, "ury": 709.5}
    },
    {
      "type": "text",
      "rect": {"llx": 75, "lly": 600, "urx": 275, "ury": 656},
      "content": ["https://example.test/track/FR-1964413"],
      "font": "DejaVuSans",
      "font_size": 8,
      "leading": 8
    },
    {
      "type": "pdf417",
      "content": "SN:2026-07-19/ACME-4472",
      "columns": 4,
      "level": 2,
      "rect": {"llx": 72, "lly": 568.5, "urx": 283.5, "ury": 613.5}
    },
    {
      "type": "text",
      "rect": {"llx": 75, "lly": 520, "urx": 275, "ury": 573.5},
      "content": ["SN:2026-07-19/ACME-4472"],
      "font": "DejaVuSans",
      "font_size": 8,
      "leading": 8
    },
    {
      "type": "pdf417",
      "content": "a-Z 0..9 +*#% and on",
      "columns": 4,
      "level": 2,
      "rect": {"llx": 72, "lly": 499.5, "urx": 283.5, "ury": 544.5}
    },
    {
      "type": "text",
      "rect": {"llx": 75, "lly": 450, "urx": 275, "ury": 504.5},
      "content": ["a-Z 0..9 +*#% and on"],
      "font": "DejaVuSans",
      "font_size": 8,
      "leading": 8
    }
  ]
}