public static function set_appearance($dataDir = null)
 {
     $bb = new BarCodeBuilder();
     # Set up code text (data to be encoded)
     $bb->setCodeText("1234567");
     # Set up code text color
     $color = new Color();
     $bb->setCodeTextColor($color->RED);
     # Set the location of the code text to above the barcode
     $codeLocation = new CodeLocation();
     $bb->setCodeLocation($codeLocation->Above);
     #Increase the space between code text and barcode to 1 point
     $bb->setCodeTextSpace(1.0);
     # Set the symbology type to Code128
     $symbology = new Symbology();
     $bb->setSymbologyType($symbology->Code128);
     # Save the image to your system and set its image format to Jpeg
     $barCodeImageFormat = new BarCodeImageFormat();
     $bb->save($dataDir . "barcode.jpg", $barCodeImageFormat->Jpeg);
     # Display Status
     print "Barcode with custom appearance saved as JPEG image successfully." . PHP_EOL;
 }