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That's the OCR-A font. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OCR-A https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OCR-A). As you can guess from the name, it was designed for readabilit
by sidpatil 5y ago
That's the OCR-A font. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OCR-A https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OCR-A). As you can guess from the name, it was designed for readability by both humans and computers.
These days it looks like that font is more popular for graphic design than it is for actual OCR applications.
- jhbadger 5y agoSee also that weird font still used on many US paper checks (E-13B). Half the movies in the 1970s used that as the default computer/future font. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnetic_ink_character_recognition https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnetic_ink_character_recogni...
- atombender 5y agoThe sci-fi font that showed up in the 60s was not MICR, but a bunch of typefaces inspired by it. Chief among these was Westminster [1] and Data 70. They were inspired by MICR, but the latter only has digits and a few control characters. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Westminster_(typeface) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Westminster_(typeface)
- mark-r 5y agoIf you're doing actual OCR these days, it'll be sophisticated enough that it doesn't need a dedicated font. OCR-A has no practical purpose anymore other than to convey a certain look.