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OCR A Tribute™

 from Linotype

OCR A Tribute™ is a Linotype font family with 6 styles.

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OCR A Tribute™


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  OCR A Tribute Light Any OpenType FeaturesBasic Latin/English lettersWest European diacriticsEuroLigaturesCentral EuropeBalticTurkishRomanianDingbats & Symbols
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  OCR A Tribute Regular Any OpenType FeaturesBasic Latin/English lettersWest European diacriticsEuroLigaturesCentral EuropeBalticTurkishRomanianDingbats & Symbols
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  OCR A Tribute Bold Any OpenType FeaturesBasic Latin/English lettersWest European diacriticsEuroLigaturesCentral EuropeBalticTurkishRomanianDingbats & Symbols
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  OCR A Tribute Light Monospaced Any OpenType FeaturesBasic Latin/English lettersWest European diacriticsEuroLigaturesCentral EuropeBalticTurkishRomanianOpenType AlternatesOther OpenTypeDingbats & Symbols
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  OCR A Tribute Regular Monospaced Any OpenType FeaturesBasic Latin/English lettersWest European diacriticsEuroLigaturesCentral EuropeBalticTurkishRomanianOpenType AlternatesOther OpenTypeDingbats & Symbols
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  OCR A Tribute Bold Monospaced Any OpenType FeaturesBasic Latin/English lettersWest European diacriticsEuroLigaturesCentral EuropeBalticTurkishRomanianOpenType AlternatesOther OpenTypeDingbats & Symbols
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Design Credits

First seen on MyFonts: April 1st, 2007
Designed by: Miriam Röttgers
Designed when: 2006
Letterform design based on: OCR-A
Contained in Categories: Computer-related, Decorative & Display, Monospaced, Sans Serif
Design owned by: Linotype
MyFonts Keywords: 1960s, computer, decorative, english, grotesk, heavy, monospace, ocr, sansserif, technical [suggest]


OCR A Tribute

OCR-A was originally designed in 1968 as a machine-readable alphabet. Its functionality was its most important element, instead of its design. Over the following decades, the typeface has become popular in the design world nevertheless. But typographically pleasing results are often hard to come by, due to the original design’s “non-design design”, as well as its undeveloped character set.

In 2006, Miriam Röttgers revised and extended OCR-A, creating OCR A Tribute. OCR A Tribute is a typeface family comprising of two versions: one in which the glyphs have been proportionally-spaced, and another that is monospaced. In the monospaced version, all glyphs have the same width, like the letters in the original OCR-A font do.

Both versions of OCR A Tribute contain complete character sets and expert glyphs, as well as lining and old style figures. Now you can rest easy, and finally use this classic design for display purposes and headlines!


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‘OCR A Tribute’ is a trademark of Linotype GmbH and may be registered in certain jurisdictions



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