OCR A Medium
OCR A Medium	$29.00
OCRA Alternate
OCRA Alternate	$29.00 (including 1 other font)

Design Credits

First seen on MyFonts: December 3rd, 2007
Designed when: 1968
Contained in Categories: Computer-related, Decorative & Display, Monospaced, Sans Serif
MyFonts Keywords: 1960s, computer, decorative, english, grotesk, heavy, monospace, ocr, sansserif, technical [suggest]

OCR-A

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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