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OCR-B from Adobe OCR-B is an Adobe font family with 2 styles priced from $29.00. Click a Purchase Options button below to view pricing and availability information for a particular group of fonts, or see purchase options for the entire family. |
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Design Credits
First seen on MyFonts: December 3rd, 2007
Designed when: 1968
Letterform design based on: OCR-B
Contained in Categories: Computer-related, Legible, Monospaced, Sans Serif
MyFonts Keywords: 1960s, computer, headline, heavy, legible, monoline, monospace, news, ocr, plain, sansserif, swiss, technical [suggest]
OCR-B
In 1968, American Type Founders produced OCR-A, one of the first optical character recognition typefaces to meet the criteria set by the U.S. Bureau of Standards. The design is simple so that it can be read by a machine, but it is slightly more difficult for the human eye to read.
OCR-A follows the 1981 standard set by the American National Standards Institute (ANSI), X-3.17-1981 (size I). The same design is also specified for the German DIN 66008 standard.
OCR-B was designed in 1968 by Adrian Frutiger for Monotype. This design pushes the limits of the optical reader, but is easier for people to read. OCR-B’s construction follows the ISO 1073/II-1976 (E) standard, with 1979 corrections (letterpress design, size I).
Both OCR-A and OCR-B have “alternate” versions, which have the standard ISO-Adobe character set instead of the more limited OCR character set.
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