OCR-B font is both machine-readable and human-readable. Character shapes and dimensions are specified in
ANSI X3.49-1975 (R1982) standard.
ANSI X3.49-1975 (R1982) has been approved as American National Standard for
Optical Character Recognition by the Federal Government.
OCR-B and European Computer Manufacturers Association Standard (ECMA-11) share a large number of identical characters. Yet they are different.
Experts of ISO Technical Committee are working to consolidate these two different standards.
OCR-B can be used in a wide range of applications:
Optical Character Recognition (OCR),
Machine Reading and
Data Entry.
Three sizes of characters shapes are provided:
OCR-B I,
OCR-B III,
OCR-B IV.
While
OCR-B II is reserved for international use.
The OCR-B character set includes 140 characters as shown below.
For more information about
OCR-B font, please click
OCR-A and OCR-B font.
OCR-B font Character Set is shown below: