OCR-A Font and ECMA-11
Keywords:
OCRA Font, ECMA-11, ANSI INCITS 17-1981 (R2000), ISO 1073-1:1976, ANSI X3.49-1975 (R1982), ISO 1073-2:1976
The Barcodesoft OCR-A font is released under the GNU General Public License (GPL).
It is completely free for both business and personal use. You are welcome to use the OCR-A font for:
Website publishing
Artwork and graphic design
Embedding into PDF documents
More Information
For updates and contributions, please visit our GitHub project.
There are 2 font sets the US government accepts for Optical Character Recognition : OCR-A and OCR-B.
ANSI INCITS 17-1981 (R2000), formerly known as ANSI X3.17-1981 (R2000), specifies the shapes and dimensions of OCRA characters.
Barcodesoft OCR-A font is also compatible with ISO 1073-1:1976 standard.
Barcodesoft OCR-A and OCR-B fonts support Euro banking specifications and are compatible with USPS specification.
As mentioned in Wikipedia, this is the mapping table of Barcodesoft OCR-A font
| ! | " | # | $ | % | & | ' | ( | ) | * |
| 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 | 37 | 38 | 39 | 40 | 41 | 42 |
| + | , | - | . | / | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| 43 | 44 | 45 | 46 | 47 | 48 | 49 | 50 | 51 | 52 |
| 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | : | ; | < | = | > |
| 53 | 54 | 55 | 56 | 57 | 58 | 59 | 60 | 61 | 62 |
| ? | @ | A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H |
| 63 | 64 | 65 | 66 | 67 | 68 | 69 | 70 | 71 | 72 |
| I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R |
| 73 | 74 | 75 | 76 | 77 | 78 | 79 | 80 | 81 | 82 |
| S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z | [ | \ |
| 83 | 84 | 85 | 86 | 87 | 88 | 89 | 90 | 91 | 92 |
| ] | ^ | _ | ` | a | b | c | d | e | f |
| 93 | 94 | 95 | 96 | 97 | 98 | 99 | 100 | 101 | 102 |
| g | h | i | j | k | l | m | n | o | p |
| 103 | 104 | 105 | 106 | 107 | 108 | 109 | 110 | 111 | 112 |
| q | r | s | t | u | v | w | x | y | z |
| 113 | 114 | 115 | 116 | 117 | 118 | 119 | 120 | 121 | 122 |
| { | | | } | ~ | ||||||
| 123 | 124 | 125 | 126 |
Some characters of Barcodesoft OCR-A OCR-B Demo font have "Demo" watermarks.
OCR A1 EURO BANKING special characters are listed below
| Character | ` | _ | ~ | | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ASCII | 96 (0x60) | 95 (0x5F) | 126 (0x7E) | 124 (0x7C) |
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.
