--- title: Jim's TrueType QR Code Font | daily.dev description: A TrueType/OpenType font that renders QR codes directly from bracketed text using built-in OpenType shaping rules — no image generation or preprocessing... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/jim-s-truetype-qr-code-font-0xlid8ox0 twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Jim's TrueType QR Code Font | daily.dev og:description: A TrueType/OpenType font that renders QR codes directly from bracketed text using built-in OpenType shaping rules — no image generation or preprocessing... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/jim-s-truetype-qr-code-font-0xlid8ox0 og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/0XlId8OX0.png og:image:alt: Jim's TrueType QR Code Font og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Jim's TrueType QR Code Font **[Lobsters](https://daily.dev/sources/lobsters)** · 1 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary A TrueType/OpenType font that renders QR codes directly from bracketed text using built-in OpenType shaping rules — no image generation or preprocessing required. Typing text like [hello] and applying the font produces a QR code inline. The rendered QR block remains copyable as plain text and can be mixed with regular Latin text. Three font variants are available for download, with a note about browser line-wrapping behavior requiring white-space: nowrap or display: inline-block for reliable HTML rendering. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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