The PDF417 barcodes are created as a font number (via options: 80. Administering InterForm400, 4. Work with fonts, 1. Description of additional fonts) as font numbers with a number in the 44xx range.
General information of 2D barcodes are found here.
When using a PDF417 barcode in overlay design, you will be prompted for the maximum width of the barcode.
When you create a PDF417 font number (range 4400-4499) you are prompted for these parameters (apart from the parameters specifying the actual size and security level):
You use the PDF417 font number by remapping a window of text. When you specify a PDF417 font number you are prompted for Font adjustment: ‘Maximum line width’ and ‘Maximum line height’. You are expected to specify only one of them. Normally you would probably use a maximum line width and let the height vary with the variable amount of characters to be converted, but a maximum line height has been added to meet requirements of the automotive industry:
