Developer QR codes

vCard QR code generator

First name

Last name

Organisation

Job title

Phone

Website

Version 5 · 45×45 · 71/84 bytes

Error correction

Higher levels survive more damage and make the code denser. M is the usual choice; use H only if the code will be printed small or partly covered.

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Local · vCard 3.0, for compatibility

What the code actually contains

BEGIN:VCARD
VERSION:3.0
N:;
FN: 
ORG:
TITLE:
TEL:
EMAIL:
URL:
END:VCARD

Encodes a vCard 3.0 contact card. Scanning it opens the phone’s "add contact" screen with every field already filled in.

How to make a vcard qr code

1 Fill in the fields. The code updates as you type.

2 Raise the error correction if it will be printed small or might get covered.

3 Download it as PNG for the web or SVG for print — SVG stays sharp at any size.

vCard 3.0 rather than 4.0 is a deliberate choice: 3.0 is what both iOS and Android parse reliably from a QR code, and 4.0 support is patchy enough that a 4.0 card sometimes scans as plain text. The practical constraint is size — a vCard is a lot of characters, and a QR code holding one gets dense. At business-card scale a dense code with high error correction becomes hard for older cameras to read, so keep the fields to what matters and consider dropping the website if the code looks like a solid block. The name appears twice in the format, as structured N and display FN, which is required rather than redundant.

Questions

Which vCard version does it use? −

Version 3.0, because both iOS and Android parse it reliably from a QR code. 4.0 support is inconsistent.

Why does the code look so dense? +

Will it work on a business card? +

Will this QR code expire? +

Why is the name in the code twice? +

Sources

ISO/IEC 18004 — QR code specification ZXing — barcode contents formats

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