IDAutomation OCR-A and OCR-B Fonts

OCR-A and OCR-B Fonts in TrueType, OpenType and PCL
Our OCR-A and OCR-B fonts were created from the latest ANSI and ISO specifications and include the Euro symbol.

TrueType, OpenType, PCL laserjet soft fonts and PostScript font versions are included for support of Windows, Pocket PC, Macintosh, UNIX and Linux.

We have also included additional characters in the OCR fonts to comply with OCR-B1 Eurobanking and OCR-A1 Eurobanking specifications.

The OCR-A font also complies with ECMA-11 norm and may be used on accept giro forms.



Main features of IDAutomation OCR-A and OCR-B Fonts:

Created from ANSI and ISO Specs, the OCR A and OCR B character sets contain upper case and lower case letters, numbers, and several special characters and the Euro symbol.

OCR B Compatibility is achieved across current specifications with the curved-end font design. The OCR-B fonts were created from ANSI INCITS 49-1975 (R2002) (formerly ANSI X3.49-1975 (R2000), which is in agreement with the revised IS0 R 1073 standard, ECMA-11 is compatible with letterpress fonts that have straight ends. The curved ends and constant stroke widths of IDAutomation's OCR-B fonts allow for a substantial deterioration of printed image quality, while still maintaining OCR readability.

OCR A Compatibility with ANSI X3.17 and IS0 1073/I is provided. The OCR-A fonts were created according to ANSI INCITS 17-1981 (R2002) (formerly ANSI X3.17-1981 (R2000), which includes this compatibility.

Special Symbols are provided for purposes such as international character support.

ANSI Sizes 1, 3 and 4 of each font are provided.

USPS Mail Compatibility is obtained by using the IDAutomationOCRa font at 9 points.

Norwegian Bank Checks may be printed with the IDAutomationOCRb font at 9 points. The IDAutomationOCRb font has been accepted by BBS (Norwegian banks payment centre) for use on bank checks in Norway.
OCR A1 EURO BANKING and German Bank Checks may be printed with OCR A font, which includes special symbols such as the Chair, Fork, Hook and Euro for printing bank cheques in Europe. The IDAutomationOCRa size 1 font (cheque schriften) should be used to print German bank checks. The following table lists the locations of these unique characters:


Limitations of IDAutomation OCR-A and OCR-B Fonts:

demo watermark on some characters

What's New in This Release:

Updates in the package include improved support for Windows Vista.

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