barcode.py

#!/usr/bin/python
# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
CODE = { "10" : u"▌", "01": u"▐", "11": u"█", "00": u" "}

CHARS = {'0':'1010001110111010',
'1':'1110100010101110',
'2':'1011100010101110',
'3':'1110111000101010',
'4':'1010001110101110',
'5':'1110100011101010',
'6':'1011100011101010',
'7':'1010001011101110',
'8':'1110100010111010',
'9':'1011100010111010',
'A':'1110101000101110',
'B':'1011101000101110',
'C':'1110111010001010',
'D':'1010111000101110',
'E':'1110101110001010',
'F':'1011101110001010',
'G':'1010100011101110',
'H':'1110101000111010',
'I':'1011101000111010',
'J':'1010111000111010',
'K':'1110101010001110',
'L':'1011101010001110',
'M':'1110111010100010',
'N':'1010111010001110',
'O':'1110101110100010',
'P':'1011101110100010',
'Q':'1010101110001110',
'R':'1110101011100010',
'S':'1011101011100010',
'T':'1010111011100010',
'U':'1110001010101110',
'V':'1000111010101110',
'W':'1110001110101010',
'X':'1000101110101110',
'Y':'1110001011101010',
'Z':'1000111011101010',
'-':'1000101011101110',
'.':'1110001010111010',
' ':'1000111010111010',
'$':'1000100010001010',
'/':'1000100010100010',
'+':'1000101000100010',
'%':'1010001000100010',
'*':'1000101110111010'
}

text = "MWHEELER"
output = "0000" + CHARS["*"]
for letter in text:
    output += CHARS[letter]
output += CHARS["*"]
print(output)
barcode = u""
for x in range(0,len(output),2):
    barcode += CODE[output[x:x+2]]
print ""
print ""
print barcode
print barcode
print barcode
print barcode
print barcode
print ""
print ""