MICR stands for Magnetic Ink Character Recognition. The
American Bankers Association began using E13B MICR font and
MICR system as the technology for automatic check processing
in 1958.
Today, MICR E-13b character sets are widely used in banking
industry of United States, Canada and many other countries to
print check and money order.
ANSI X9.27 Print and Test Specifications for Magnetic Ink
Character Recognition (MICR) specifies the measurements,
shapes and tolerances of 14 characters in detail (including 10
digits, Transit symbol, Amount symbol, On-Us symbol and Dash
symbol).
Barcodesoft MICR E13B fonts package contains 9 font sets :
MICR, MICRB, MICRBN, MICRBW, MICRL, MICRLN, MICRLW, MICRN,
MICRW. These fonts differ only slightly in aspect ratios in
order to make up for inaccuracy of MICR printing device. When
printed at point size 10, Barcodesoft MICR font is designed to
meet all requirements of ANSI X9.27 documentation.
