Revision history for Perl extension PDF::Reuse::Barcode.
0.11 Wed Jul 29 2026
Bug fixes to the 0.10 "textsize" work and one older defect:
- The bars are now raised as the text grows, so a large textsize no
longer prints the human readable text over the bottom of the
barcode. Previously anything above about 12 point overprinted,
which is a scanning failure rather than a cosmetic one. GitHub #8.
- The background extension strips are drawn at the height the
background box was actually drawn at, rather than one unit short.
GitHub #8.
- $qrcode is reset between barcodes, so a barcode drawn after a
QRcode in the same process no longer renders down the QRcode path.
GitHub #6.
Output at the default textsize is unchanged.
0.10 Wed Jul 29 2026
Added "textsize" parameter to set the point size of the human readable
text below the barcode. Defaults to 10, so existing output is unchanged.
Applies to Code128, Code39, the 2of5 family, ITF, NW7 and QRcode; the
EAN and UPC functions place their text in fixed positions and still use
10 point. GitHub #3.
0.09 Thu Jan 22 2026
Address CPANTS Kwalitee metrics: add provides, LICENSE,
SECURITY.md, CONTRIBUTING.md
0.08 Thu Jan 22 2026
Added GitHub repository and bugtracker metadata
0.07 Thu Dec 11 2014
Added QRcode support. B96752
Credits to Matthew Hunt for this.
0.06 Sat Dec 27 2009
As Acrobat 9 seems not handle Type 3 fonts correctly, only
"graphic" bars are produced. The mode parameter is ignored.
0.05 Wed Jan 21 2004
Added "mode" parameter for purely "graphic" bars.
Credits to Martin Langhoff for this.
0.04 Thu Jan 15 2004
Added the new parameter 'hide_asterisk' for Code39.
Credits to Martin Langhoff for this.
0.03 Fri Nov 21 2003
Improved precision in the "formula" for rotation
0.02 Tue June 10
Added support for Code128 by using Barcode::Code128
0.01 Tue Jun 3 09:13:50 2003
- original version; created by h2xs 1.21 with options
-AXn PDF::Reuse::Barcode