5 Barcodes in CSS

Collection of hand-picked free HTML and CSS barcode examples.

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Animated Barcode

Animated barcode with 'Libre Barcode 128 Text' font in HTML, CSS and JavaScript.

Compatible browsers: Chrome, Edge, Firefox, Opera, Safari

Dependencies: jquery.js

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CSS Animation Barcode

Compatible browsers: Chrome, Edge, Firefox, Opera, Safari

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RGB Barcode Font

Animated barcode RGB text. Used 'Libre Barcode 39 Text' font.

Compatible browsers: Chrome, Edge, Firefox, Opera, Safari

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Pure CSS Barcode (UPC-A)

Just a plain UPC-A barcode.
How it works: UPC codes use 1-to-4 "pixel" wide bars to encode digits; each digit is a fixed 7 "pixels" wide overall (technically, they are called "modules" and not pixels).
I use the multiple-box-shadow trick to display the bars: the ::before element of each digit's li is the anchor/placeholder, and its shadows are the visible bars. The ::before element itself is moved outside of clipping area so as not to obscure any of the box-shadows.

Compatible browsers: Chrome, Edge, Firefox, Opera, Safari

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CSS-Only 12-digit UPC-A Barcode Generator

A completely accurate 12-digit UPC barcode generated using data-attributes and background-gradients. The values can be modified to generate a new barcode. Try scanning it with a barcode reader on your smartphone! This is a solid demonstration of some of the things that can be done with SASS scripting.

Compatible browsers: Chrome, Edge, Firefox, Opera, Safari

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