OCR-B Font and ANSI X3.49
Keywords: OCR-B Font, ECMA-11, ANSI X3.49-1975 (R1982), ISO 1073-2:1976
Barcodesoft OCR-B font is provided to users under GNU General Public License.
Barcodesoft OCR-B font is FREE for both business and personal use. You can use Barcodesoft OCR-B font for website publishing, artwork design, and embedding into PDF documents.
Only big companies with annual sales above USD 1 billion need to buy licenses.
There are 2 font sets the US government accepts for Optical Character Recognition : OCR-A and OCR-B.
ANSI X3.49-1975 (R1982) describes the nominal shapes, sizes, and printing positions of OCR-B characters. Most part of OCRB is identical to what is defined by ECMA-11.
Barcodesoft OCR-B font is also compatible with ISO 1073-2:1976 standard.
Barcodesoft OCR-B font supports Euro banking specifications and are compatible with USPS specification.
This is the mapping table of Barcodesoft OCR-B font
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€ |
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Barcodesoft OCR-B font is available in true type, PostScript and PCL formats and can be embedded into Adobe PDF files.
Some characters of Barcodesoft OCR-B Demo font have "Demo" watermarks.
OCR A1 EURO BANKING special characters are listed below
Character |
€ |
₭ |
UNICODE |
U+20AC |
U+20AD |
Both OCR-A and OCR-B character sets can be printed in three different sizes (I, III and IV) in order to be used with a wide range of printing devices. Each OCR-A and OCR-B font size is differentiated by its unique scale factor and stroke width.
The choice of sizes for OCR-B application is basically based on requirements for the following printing device:
Size I is used for typewriters and printers.
Size III is used by cash registers and accounting machines.
Size IV is used by credit card imprinters.
Barcodesoft OCR-A and OCR-b font package contains the following font files: OCRA I, OCRA III, OCRA IV, OCRB I, OCRB II and OCRB IV.
This is the pricing list of Barcodesoft OCR-A and OCR-B font package
License |
Single User |
5-User |
10-User |
Site |
Corporate |
Developer |
5-Developer |
10-Developer |
Unlimited Developer |
Price |
CAD159 |
CAD299 |
CAD399 |
CAD599 |
CAD799 |
CAD999 |
CAD1199 |
CAD1399 |
CAD1999 |