Professional OCR-B Fonts & ANSI X3.49 Compliance
100% Free for Personal & Commercial Use
The Barcodesoft OCR-B font is proudly released under the GNU General Public License (GPL). Enjoy an unrestricted, completely free solution for both business applications and personal creative projects.
Perfect for robust website publishing and digital interfaces.
Ideal for high-end artwork, media, and graphic design assets.
Seamlessly embeds directly into universally viewable PDF documents.
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Government-Grade Optical Character Recognition
When precision automation matters, the United States Government accepts two standardized font sets for Optical Character Recognition: OCR-A and OCR-B. Barcodesoft provides engineered typography built to meet these demanding global frameworks:
Fully compliant with ANSI INCITS 17-1981 (R2000) (formerly ANSI X3.17-1981), specifying precise mathematical shapes and dimensions. Also engineered for complete cross-compatibility with the ISO 1073-1:1976 international standard.
Built to adhere to ANSI X3.49-1975 (R1982) regulations, mapping nominal stroke shapes and exact print positions. The majority of our character configurations align flawlessly with ECMA-11 and maintain seamless global ISO 1073-2:1976 compatibility.
Global Banking & Logistics Ready: Barcodesoft OCR-A and OCR-B layouts natively support stringent Euro banking data specifications and are fully compatible with United States Postal Service (USPS) high-speed sorting specifications.
OCR-A1 Euro Banking Special Characters
| Character Map |  |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| ASCII Dec (Hex) | 96 (0x60) | 95 (0x5F) | 126 (0x7E) | 221 (0xDD) |
Engineered Hardware Versatility
To accommodate a massive range of retail, industrial, and heritage printing devices, both sets can be rendered across three standardized scales. Each size variant balances distinct scale factors and optical stroke widths:
- Size I: Optimally balanced for office typewriters and standard computer printers.
- Size III: The standard for point-of-sale cash registers and heavy-duty accounting machinery.
- Size IV: Configured explicitly for analog mechanical credit card imprinters.
Comprehensive Format Matrix
The full Barcodesoft installation bundle provides ultimate integration flexibility. It includes premium files for OCRA I, OCRA III, OCRA IV, OCRB I, OCRB II, and OCRB IV.
Available in native TrueType, PostScript, and PCL formats, these files are fully optimized to embed cleanly into corporate Adobe PDF files without conversion loss.